Who Was Alive

Were Al-Tabari and Alfred the Great alive at the same time?

Yes. Al-Tabari and Alfred the Great were alive at the same time, from AD 849 to c. AD 899.

Al-Tabari

Al-Tabari

Iranian scholar and historian

Born AD 838–839 · died AD 922

Alfred the Great

Alfred the Great

Monarch of England

Born AD 849 · died c. AD 899

  1. Al-Khwarizmi, c. AD 780 – c. AD 850
  2. Al-Kindi, c. AD 801 – c. AD 872
  3. Muhammad al-Bukhari, AD 810 – AD 870
  4. Charles the Bald, AD 823 – AD 877
  5. Al-Tabari, c. AD 839 – AD 922
  6. Alfred the Great, AD 849 – c. AD 899
  7. Abu Bakr al-Razi, AD 866 – AD 925
  8. Al-Farabi, c. AD 870 – AD 951
  9. Otto the Great, AD 912 – AD 973

Al-Tabari and Alfred the Great 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 Alfred the Great were born

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