Who Was Alive

Were Al-Tabari and Al-Farabi alive at the same time?

Yes. Al-Tabari and Al-Farabi were alive at the same time, from c. AD 870 to AD 922.

Al-Tabari

Al-Tabari

Iranian scholar and historian

Born AD 838–839 · died AD 922

Al-Farabi

Al-Farabi

Philosopher

Born c. AD 870 · died AD 951

  1. Al-Khwarizmi, c. AD 780 – c. AD 850
  2. Charles the Bald, AD 823 – AD 877
  3. Al-Tabari, c. AD 839 – AD 922
  4. Alfred the Great, AD 849 – c. AD 899
  5. Abu Bakr al-Razi, AD 866 – AD 925
  6. Al-Farabi, c. AD 870 – AD 951
  7. Otto the Great, AD 912 – AD 973
  8. Ferdowsi, AD 940 – c. 1020

Al-Tabari and Al-Farabi in bold, with some of their best-known contemporaries; dashed lines mark world events. Drag across, or use the arrow keys, to see the age each reached in any year. Faded ends mark uncertain dates.

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Where Al-Tabari and Al-Farabi were born

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