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Al-Walid II
Taha b. Wasiq b. Hussain, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Al-Walid II

Caliph

Born 700s · died AD 744
Also known as Walid ibn Yazid

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

  1. Justinian II, AD 669 – AD 711
  2. Pope Gregory II, AD 669 – AD 731
  3. Tariq ibn Ziyad, AD 670 – AD 720
  4. Bede, c. AD 672 – AD 735
  5. John of Damascus, c. AD 675 – AD 749
  6. Leo III the Isaurian, AD 675 – AD 741
  7. Pope Zachary, AD 679 – AD 752
  8. Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz, AD 681 – c. AD 720
  9. Charles Martel, AD 688 – AD 741
  10. Ja'far al-Sadiq, c. AD 701 – c. AD 765
  11. Abu Hanifa, AD 699 – c. AD 768
  12. Al-Walid II, 700s – AD 744
  13. Pope Adrian I, AD 700 – AD 795
  14. Pope Paul I, AD 700 – AD 767
  15. Li Bai, AD 701 – AD 762
  16. Malik ibn Anas, c. AD 711 – AD 795
  17. Rabia Basri, 710s – AD 801
  18. Du Fu, AD 712 – AD 770
  19. Pope Stephen II, c. AD 714 – AD 757
  20. Pepin the Short, c. AD 716 – AD 768
  21. Pope Stephen III, c. AD 720 – AD 772
  22. Jabir ibn Hayyan, AD 721 – AD 815
  23. Abd al-Rahman I, AD 731 – AD 788
  24. Alcuin, c. AD 740 – AD 804

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When Al-Walid II died, Li Bai was 42 or 43, Du Fu was 31 or 32, Jabir ibn Hayyan was 22 or 23, Abu Hanifa was 44 or 45 and Abd al-Rahman I was 12 or 13.

Born during Al-Walid II’s lifetime: Du Fu, Jabir ibn Hayyan, Pepin the Short, Pope Stephen III, Pope Stephen II, Rabia Basri, Alcuin and Abd al-Rahman I.

Not quite contemporaries: Abu Nuwas was born about 9 years after Al-Walid II died, Pope Leo III was born about 5 years after Al-Walid II died, Pope Benedict II died about 15 years before Al-Walid II was born and Pope John V died about 14 years before Al-Walid II was born.

What happened in Al-Walid II’s lifetime

Where Al-Walid II’s contemporaries were born

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The 60 best-known contemporaries

60 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Al-Walid II. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in AD 727.

  1. Li Bai AD 701 – AD 762
  2. Du Fu AD 712 – AD 770
  3. Jabir ibn Hayyan AD 721 – AD 815
  4. Abu Hanifa AD 699 – c. AD 768
  5. Bede c. AD 672 – AD 735
  6. Pope Gregory II AD 669 – AD 731
  7. Charles Martel AD 688 – AD 741
  8. Pope Adrian I AD 700 – AD 795
  9. Pepin the Short c. AD 716 – AD 768
  10. Pope Paul I AD 700 – AD 767
  11. John of Damascus c. AD 675 – AD 749
  12. Pope Stephen III c. AD 720 – AD 772
  13. Pope Zachary AD 679 – AD 752
  14. Pope Stephen II c. AD 714 – AD 757
  15. Ja'far al-Sadiq c. AD 701 – c. AD 765
  16. Malik ibn Anas c. AD 711 – AD 795
  17. Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz AD 681 – c. AD 720
  18. Leo III the Isaurian AD 675 – AD 741
  19. Rabia Basri 710s – AD 801
  20. Alcuin c. AD 740 – AD 804
  21. Justinian II AD 669 – AD 711
  22. Tariq ibn Ziyad AD 670 – AD 720
  23. Abd al-Rahman I AD 731 – AD 788
  24. Roland AD 737 – AD 778
  25. Padmasambhava AD 717 – AD 762
  26. Constantine V AD 718 – AD 775
  27. Ali al-Sajjad AD 659 – AD 713
  28. Pelagius of Asturias c. AD 685 – AD 737
  29. Wang Wei AD 699 – c. AD 760
  30. Al-Mansur AD 713 – AD 775
  31. Abu Muslim c. AD 719 – AD 755
  32. Paul the Deacon c. AD 720 – c. AD 799
  33. Al-Walid I AD 668 – AD 715
  34. Saint Boniface c. AD 675 – AD 754
  35. Sulayman ibn Abd al-Malik AD 675 – AD 717
  36. Al-Saffah AD 722 – AD 754
  37. Muhammad al-Baqir AD 677 – AD 733
  38. Roderic AD 688 – AD 711
  39. Marwan II AD 688 – AD 750
  40. Dagobert III c. AD 698 – AD 715
  41. Ibn Ishaq AD 704 – AD 768
  42. Childebert III AD 678 – AD 711
  43. Emperor Xuanzong of Tang c. AD 684 – c. AD 765
  44. Theuderic IV c. AD 713 – AD 737
  45. Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik AD 691 – AD 743
  46. Chilperic II c. AD 673 – AD 721
  47. Hasan al-Basri AD 642 – AD 728
  48. Pepin of Herstal c. AD 645 – AD 714
  49. Al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf AD 661 – AD 714
  50. Yazid II AD 687 – AD 724
  51. Yazid III AD 701 – AD 744
  52. Desiderius c. AD 710 – c. AD 786
  53. Empress Genmei AD 661 – AD 721
  54. Anas ibn Malik AD 611 – AD 713
  55. Muhammad ibn al-Qasim AD 695 – AD 715
  56. Liutprand, King of the Lombards c. 680s – AD 744
  57. Chlothar IV c. AD 685 – AD 719
  58. Shantideva c. AD 685 – c. AD 763
  59. Emperor Kanmu AD 737 – AD 806
  60. Carloman c. AD 710 – AD 754