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Al-Shafi'i
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Al-Shafi'i

Theologian and scholar

Born 28 August AD 767 · died 20 January AD 820, aged 52
Also known as Imam Shafi, Imam al-Shafi'i, Muhammad ibn Idris Al-Shafi'i

Who was alive at the same time as Al-Shafi'i?

  1. Pope Adrian I, AD 700 – AD 795
  2. Du Fu, AD 712 – AD 770
  3. Pepin the Short, c. AD 716 – AD 768
  4. Pope Stephen III, c. AD 720 – AD 772
  5. Jabir ibn Hayyan, AD 721 – AD 815
  6. Charlemagne, c. AD 744 – AD 814
  7. Pope Leo III, AD 750 – c. AD 816
  8. Abu Nuwas, c. AD 759 – AD 814
  9. Harun al-Rashid, AD 766 – AD 809
  10. Al-Shafi'i, AD 767 – AD 820
  11. Pope Stephen IV, c. AD 770 – AD 817
  12. Pope Paschal I, c. AD 775 – AD 824
  13. Al-Khwarizmi, c. AD 780 – c. AD 850
  14. Pope Eugene II, c. AD 780 – AD 827
  15. Louis the Pious, AD 778 – AD 840
  16. Ahmad ibn Hanbal, AD 780 – AD 855
  17. Adi Shankara, c. AD 788 – c. AD 821
  18. Pope Leo IV, c. AD 790 – AD 855
  19. Pope Adrian II, AD 792 – AD 872
  20. Pope Gregory IV, c. AD 795 – AD 844
  21. Al-Kindi, c. AD 801 – c. AD 872
  22. Pope Benedict III, c. AD 810 – AD 858
  23. Muhammad al-Bukhari, AD 810 – AD 870
  24. Pope Formosus, c. AD 816 – AD 896

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When Al-Shafi'i was born, Du Fu was 54 or 55, Jabir ibn Hayyan was 45 or 46, Harun al-Rashid was 1, Pope Leo III was 16 or 17 and Pope Adrian I was 66 or 67.

When Al-Shafi'i died, Louis the Pious was 41, Muhammad al-Bukhari was 9, Ahmad ibn Hanbal was 39, Pope Adrian II was 27 or 28 and Lothair I was 24 or 25.

Born during Al-Shafi'i’s lifetime: Al-Khwarizmi, Adi Shankara, Louis the Pious, Al-Kindi, Muhammad al-Bukhari, Pope Gregory IV, Ahmad ibn Hanbal and Pope Adrian II.

Not quite contemporaries: Li Bai died about 5 years before Al-Shafi'i was born, Charles the Bald was born about 3 years after Al-Shafi'i died, Pope Paul I died months before Al-Shafi'i was born and Pope Marinus I was born about 10 years after Al-Shafi'i died.

Where Al-Shafi'i’s contemporaries were born

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The 69 best-known contemporaries

69 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Al-Shafi'i. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in AD 794.

  1. Charlemagne c. AD 744 – AD 814
  2. Al-Khwarizmi c. AD 780 – c. AD 850
  3. Abu Nuwas c. AD 759 – AD 814
  4. Du Fu AD 712 – AD 770
  5. Jabir ibn Hayyan AD 721 – AD 815
  6. Harun al-Rashid AD 766 – AD 809
  7. Adi Shankara c. AD 788 – c. AD 821
  8. Pope Leo III AD 750 – c. AD 816
  9. Louis the Pious AD 778 – AD 840
  10. Al-Kindi c. AD 801 – c. AD 872
  11. Pope Adrian I AD 700 – AD 795
  12. Pepin the Short c. AD 716 – AD 768
  13. Muhammad al-Bukhari AD 810 – AD 870
  14. Pope Gregory IV c. AD 795 – AD 844
  15. Ahmad ibn Hanbal AD 780 – AD 855
  16. Pope Adrian II AD 792 – AD 872
  17. Pope Leo IV c. AD 790 – AD 855
  18. Pope Formosus c. AD 816 – AD 896
  19. Pope Paschal I c. AD 775 – AD 824
  20. Pope Stephen III c. AD 720 – AD 772
  21. Pope Eugene II c. AD 780 – AD 827
  22. Pope Benedict III c. AD 810 – AD 858
  23. Pope Stephen IV c. AD 770 – AD 817
  24. Pope Sergius II c. AD 790 – AD 847
  25. Pope Valentine c. AD 780 – AD 827
  26. Malik ibn Anas c. AD 711 – AD 795
  27. Lothair I AD 795 – AD 855
  28. Irene of Athens c. AD 752 – AD 803
  29. Rabia Basri 710s – AD 801
  30. Alcuin c. AD 740 – AD 804
  31. Abd al-Rahman I AD 731 – AD 788
  32. John Scotus Eriugena 800s – AD 877
  33. Louis the German c. AD 806 – AD 876
  34. Roland AD 737 – AD 778
  35. Al-Ma'mun c. AD 786 – c. AD 833
  36. Constantine V AD 718 – AD 775
  37. Nikephoros I c. AD 750 – AD 811
  38. Bai Juyi AD 772 – AD 846
  39. Al-Jahiz AD 775 – c. AD 869
  40. Ecgberht, King of Wessex AD 771 – AD 839
  41. Han Yu AD 768 – AD 824
  42. Ali al-Rida AD 770 – AD 818
  43. Al-Mansur AD 713 – AD 775
  44. Carloman I AD 751 – AD 771
  45. Michael I Rangabe c. AD 770 – AD 844
  46. Leo V the Armenian AD 775 – AD 820
  47. Paul the Deacon c. AD 720 – c. AD 799
  48. Leo IV the Khazar AD 750 – AD 780
  49. Constantine VI AD 771 – c. AD 798
  50. Michael II AD 770 – AD 829
  51. Staurakios AD 775 – AD 812
  52. Abd ar-Rahman II AD 792 – AD 852
  53. Musa al-Kazim AD 745 – c. AD 799
  54. Krum AD 755 – AD 814
  55. Einhard c. AD 774 – AD 840
  56. Kūkai AD 774 – AD 835
  57. Al-Mu'tasim AD 796 – AD 842
  58. Ibn Ishaq AD 704 – AD 768
  59. Al-Mahdi AD 744 – AD 785
  60. Theophanes the Confessor AD 759 – AD 817
  61. Rabanus Maurus c. AD 783 – AD 856
  62. Babak Khorramdin AD 798 – AD 838
  63. Desiderius c. AD 710 – c. AD 786
  64. Al-Hadi c. AD 763 – AD 786
  65. Pepin of Italy AD 777 – AD 810
  66. Al-Amin AD 787 – AD 813
  67. Emperor Kanmu AD 737 – AD 806
  68. Hisham I of Córdoba AD 757 – AD 796
  69. Alfonso II of Asturias AD 759 – AD 842