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Al-Tabari
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Al-Tabari

Iranian scholar and historian

Born AD 838–839 · died AD 922
Also known as Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari, Tabarî

Who was alive at the same time as Al-Tabari?

  1. Al-Khwarizmi, c. AD 780 – c. AD 850
  2. Louis the Pious, AD 778 – AD 840
  3. Ahmad ibn Hanbal, AD 780 – AD 855
  4. Pope Leo IV, c. AD 790 – AD 855
  5. Pope Adrian II, AD 792 – AD 872
  6. Pope Gregory IV, c. AD 795 – AD 844
  7. Al-Kindi, c. AD 801 – c. AD 872
  8. Pope Benedict III, c. AD 810 – AD 858
  9. Muhammad al-Bukhari, AD 810 – AD 870
  10. Pope Formosus, c. AD 816 – AD 896
  11. Pope John VIII, c. AD 820 – AD 882
  12. Pope Nicholas I, c. AD 820 – AD 867
  13. Charles the Bald, AD 823 – AD 877
  14. Pope Marinus I, AD 830 – AD 884
  15. Pope John IX, c. AD 840 – AD 900
  16. Al-Tabari, c. AD 839 – AD 922
  17. Alfred the Great, AD 849 – c. AD 899
  18. Pope Sergius III, c. AD 860 – AD 911
  19. Pope John X, c. AD 860 – c. AD 929
  20. Abu Bakr al-Razi, AD 866 – AD 925
  21. Al-Farabi, c. AD 870 – AD 951
  22. Pope Benedict V, c. AD 900 – AD 965
  23. Otto the Great, AD 912 – AD 973
  24. Pope Leo VIII, c. AD 915 – AD 965

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When Al-Tabari died, Otto the Great was 9 or 10, Constantine VII was 16 or 17, Charles the Simple was 42 or 43 and Robert I of France was 61 or 62.

Born during Al-Tabari’s lifetime: Alfred the Great, Al-Farabi, Abu Bakr al-Razi, Otto the Great, Pope Benedict V, Pope Sergius III, Pope Leo VIII and Pope John X.

Not quite contemporaries: Pope John XII was born about 12 years after Al-Tabari died, Pope Paschal I died about 14 years before Al-Tabari was born, Pope Eugene II died about 11 years before Al-Tabari was born and Pope Valentine died about 11 years before Al-Tabari was born.

Where Al-Tabari’s contemporaries were born

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The 51 best-known contemporaries

51 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Al-Tabari. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in AD 881.

  1. Al-Khwarizmi c. AD 780 – c. AD 850
  2. Alfred the Great AD 849 – c. AD 899
  3. Al-Farabi c. AD 870 – AD 951
  4. Abu Bakr al-Razi AD 866 – AD 925
  5. Otto the Great AD 912 – AD 973
  6. Louis the Pious AD 778 – AD 840
  7. Al-Kindi c. AD 801 – c. AD 872
  8. Charles the Bald AD 823 – AD 877
  9. Muhammad al-Bukhari AD 810 – AD 870
  10. Pope Gregory IV c. AD 795 – AD 844
  11. Pope John VIII c. AD 820 – AD 882
  12. Pope Benedict V c. AD 900 – AD 965
  13. Ahmad ibn Hanbal AD 780 – AD 855
  14. Pope Adrian II AD 792 – AD 872
  15. Pope Leo IV c. AD 790 – AD 855
  16. Pope Formosus c. AD 816 – AD 896
  17. Pope Sergius III c. AD 860 – AD 911
  18. Pope Leo VIII c. AD 915 – AD 965
  19. Pope Benedict III c. AD 810 – AD 858
  20. Pope Marinus I AD 830 – AD 884
  21. Pope John X c. AD 860 – c. AD 929
  22. Pope Nicholas I c. AD 820 – AD 867
  23. Pope John IX c. AD 840 – AD 900
  24. Pope Sergius II c. AD 790 – AD 847
  25. Æthelstan c. AD 895 – AD 939
  26. Pope John XI c. AD 910 – AD 936
  27. Pope Theodore II AD 840 – AD 897
  28. Charles the Fat c. AD 836 – AD 888
  29. Rudaki AD 859 – AD 941
  30. Al-Masudi c. AD 896 – AD 957
  31. Rurik AD 830 – AD 879
  32. Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj AD 821 – AD 875
  33. Constantine VII AD 905 – AD 959
  34. Henry the Fowler c. AD 876 – AD 936
  35. Lothair I AD 795 – AD 855
  36. Charles the Simple AD 879 – AD 929
  37. Al-Hallaj c. AD 858 – AD 922
  38. Olga of Kiev c. AD 890 – AD 969
  39. John Scotus Eriugena 800s – AD 877
  40. Louis the German c. AD 806 – AD 876
  41. Arnulf of Carinthia c. AD 850 – AD 899
  42. Leo VI the Wise AD 866 – AD 912
  43. Robert I of France AD 860 – AD 923
  44. Bai Juyi AD 772 – AD 846
  45. Al-Jahiz AD 775 – c. AD 869
  46. Michael I Rangabe c. AD 770 – AD 844
  47. Abd ar-Rahman II AD 792 – AD 852
  48. Einhard c. AD 774 – AD 840
  49. Al-Mu'tasim AD 796 – AD 842
  50. Rabanus Maurus c. AD 783 – AD 856
  51. Alfonso II of Asturias AD 759 – AD 842