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Al-Walid I
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Al-Walid I

Caliph

Born AD 668 · died 23 February AD 715, aged 46 or 47
Also known as Al-Walid ibn Abd al-Malik

Who was alive at the same time as Al-Walid I?

  1. Pope Agatho, AD 574 – AD 681
  2. Pope Vitalian, c. AD 600 – AD 672
  3. Mu'awiya I, AD 603 – AD 680
  4. Pope Leo II, AD 611 – AD 683
  5. Aisha, AD 614 – c. AD 678
  6. Hasan ibn Ali, AD 625 – AD 669
  7. Husayn ibn Ali, AD 626 – AD 680
  8. Pope Benedict II, AD 635 – AD 685
  9. Pope John V, AD 635 – AD 686
  10. Pope John VII, AD 650 – AD 707
  11. Pope Sergius I, AD 650 – AD 701
  12. Pope John VI, AD 655 – AD 705
  13. Al-Walid I, AD 668 – AD 715
  14. Pope Gregory II, AD 669 – AD 731
  15. Bede, c. AD 672 – AD 735
  16. John of Damascus, c. AD 675 – AD 749
  17. Pope Zachary, AD 679 – AD 752
  18. Charles Martel, AD 688 – AD 741
  19. Ja'far al-Sadiq, c. AD 701 – c. AD 765
  20. Abu Hanifa, AD 699 – c. AD 768
  21. Pope Adrian I, AD 700 – AD 795
  22. Pope Paul I, AD 700 – AD 767
  23. Li Bai, AD 701 – AD 762
  24. Du Fu, AD 712 – AD 770

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When Al-Walid I was born, Aisha was 53 or 54, Husayn ibn Ali was 41 or 42, Pope Benedict II was 32 or 33, Hasan ibn Ali was 42 or 43 and Pope Leo II was 56 or 57.

When Al-Walid I died, Li Bai was 13, Du Fu was 2 or 3, Abu Hanifa was 15, Pope Gregory II was 45 or 46 and Charles Martel was 26.

Born during Al-Walid I’s lifetime: Li Bai, Du Fu, Abu Hanifa, Bede, Pope Gregory II, Charles Martel, Pope Adrian I and Pope Paul I.

Not quite contemporaries: Ali died about 7 years before Al-Walid I was born, Uthman died about 12 years before Al-Walid I was born, Jabir ibn Hayyan was born about 6 years after Al-Walid I died and Pope Martin I died about 13 years before Al-Walid I was born.

Where Al-Walid I’s contemporaries were born

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The 89 best-known contemporaries

89 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Al-Walid I. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in AD 692.

  1. Li Bai AD 701 – AD 762
  2. Du Fu AD 712 – AD 770
  3. Aisha AD 614 – c. AD 678
  4. Husayn ibn Ali AD 626 – AD 680
  5. Abu Hanifa AD 699 – c. AD 768
  6. Mu'awiya I AD 603 – AD 680
  7. Bede c. AD 672 – AD 735
  8. Pope Gregory II AD 669 – AD 731
  9. Charles Martel AD 688 – AD 741
  10. Pope Adrian I AD 700 – AD 795
  11. Pope Benedict II AD 635 – AD 685
  12. Pope Paul I AD 700 – AD 767
  13. Hasan ibn Ali AD 625 – AD 669
  14. John of Damascus c. AD 675 – AD 749
  15. Pope Leo II AD 611 – AD 683
  16. Pope John VII AD 650 – AD 707
  17. Pope Sergius I AD 650 – AD 701
  18. Pope Agatho AD 574 – AD 681
  19. Pope John VI AD 655 – AD 705
  20. Pope Zachary AD 679 – AD 752
  21. Pope Vitalian c. AD 600 – AD 672
  22. Pope John V AD 635 – AD 686
  23. Ja'far al-Sadiq c. AD 701 – c. AD 765
  24. Wu Zetian AD 624 – AD 705
  25. Pope Sisinnius c. AD 650 – AD 708
  26. Pope Conon AD 630 – AD 687
  27. Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan c. AD 646 – AD 705
  28. Malik ibn Anas c. AD 711 – AD 795
  29. Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz AD 681 – c. AD 720
  30. Leo III the Isaurian AD 675 – AD 741
  31. Yazid I AD 646 – AD 683
  32. Justinian II AD 669 – AD 711
  33. Tariq ibn Ziyad AD 670 – AD 720
  34. Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr AD 624 – AD 692
  35. Ibn Abbas c. AD 619 – AD 688
  36. Constantine IV AD 652 – AD 685
  37. Marwan I AD 623 – AD 685
  38. Ali al-Sajjad AD 659 – AD 713
  39. Pelagius of Asturias c. AD 685 – AD 737
  40. Asparuh of Bulgaria c. AD 640 – c. AD 701
  41. Wang Wei AD 699 – c. AD 760
  42. Al-Mansur AD 713 – AD 775
  43. Mu'awiya II AD 661 – AD 684
  44. Abu Hurayra AD 602 – AD 679
  45. Leontius AD 660 – AD 706
  46. Saint Boniface c. AD 675 – AD 754
  47. Sulayman ibn Abd al-Malik AD 675 – AD 717
  48. Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas AD 595 – c. AD 675
  49. Umm Salama AD 596 – AD 681
  50. Zaynab bint Ali c. AD 627 – c. AD 684
  51. Isaac the Syrian c. AD 640 – c. AD 700
  52. Muhammad al-Baqir AD 677 – AD 733
  53. Roderic AD 688 – AD 711
  54. Marwan II AD 688 – AD 750
  55. Dagobert III c. AD 698 – AD 715
  56. Al-Walid II 700s – AD 744
  57. Ibn Ishaq AD 704 – AD 768
  58. Childebert III AD 678 – AD 711
  59. Emperor Xuanzong of Tang c. AD 684 – c. AD 765
  60. Theuderic IV c. AD 713 – AD 737
  61. Sawdah bint Zam'ah AD 589 – AD 674
  62. Abd Allah ibn Umar ibn al-Khattab c. AD 610 – AD 693
  63. Chlothar III c. AD 650 – AD 673
  64. Theuderic III 650s – AD 691
  65. Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik AD 691 – AD 743
  66. Childeric II AD 655 – AD 675
  67. Chilperic II c. AD 673 – AD 721
  68. Clovis IV c. AD 677 – AD 695
  69. Maymunah bint al-Harith c. AD 592 – AD 672
  70. Safiyya bint Huyayy c. AD 610 – AD 670
  71. Juwayriya bint al-Harith AD 608 – AD 676
  72. Hasan al-Basri AD 642 – AD 728
  73. Pepin of Herstal c. AD 645 – AD 714
  74. Empress Jitō AD 645 – AD 703
  75. Emperor Tenji AD 626 – AD 672
  76. Dagobert II AD 652 – AD 679
  77. Al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf AD 661 – AD 714
  78. Yazid II AD 687 – AD 724
  79. Yazid III AD 701 – AD 744
  80. Desiderius c. AD 710 – c. AD 786
  81. Empress Genmei AD 661 – AD 721
  82. Kahina AD 668 – AD 703
  83. Anas ibn Malik AD 611 – AD 713
  84. Muhammad ibn al-Qasim AD 695 – AD 715
  85. Emperor Tenmu AD 631 – AD 686
  86. Liutprand, King of the Lombards c. 680s – AD 744
  87. Chlothar IV c. AD 685 – AD 719
  88. Shantideva c. AD 685 – c. AD 763
  89. Carloman c. AD 710 – AD 754