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Alp Arslan
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Alp Arslan

Sultan of the Seljuq Empire

Born 20 January 1029 · died 15 December 1072, aged 43
Also known as Abu Shuca Alparslan

Who was alive at the same time as Alp Arslan?

  1. Ibn al-Haytham, c. AD 965 – 1039
  2. Stephen I of Hungary, c. AD 975 – 1038
  3. Pope John XIX, c. AD 975 – 1032
  4. Al-Biruni, AD 973 – 1048
  5. Avicenna, c. AD 981 – 1037
  6. Pope Nicholas II, 990s – 1061
  7. Cnut, AD 994 – 1035
  8. Pope Gregory VI, c. 1000 – 1048
  9. Pope Damasus II, c. 1000 – 1048
  10. Pope Leo IX, 1002 – 1054
  11. Pope Clement II, 1005 – 1047
  12. Pope Alexander II, 1010s – 1073
  13. Harold Godwinson, c. 1023 – 1066
  14. William the Conqueror, c. 1028 – 1087
  15. Alp Arslan, 1029 – 1072
  16. Anselm of Canterbury, c. 1033 – 1109
  17. Pope Urban II, c. 1035 – 1099
  18. Omar Khayyam, c. 1049 – 1131
  19. Alexios I Komnenos, 1048 – 1118
  20. Pope Paschal II, 1050s – 1118
  21. Al-Ghazali, c. 1057 – 1111
  22. Godfrey of Bouillon, 1060 – 1100
  23. Pope Callixtus II, c. 1065 – 1124
  24. Henry I of England, c. 1068 – 1135

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When Alp Arslan was born, Al-Biruni was 55, Cnut was 34 or 35, Pope Leo IX was 26, Pope Clement II was 23 and Yaroslav the Wise was 50 or 51.

When Alp Arslan died, Godfrey of Bouillon was 11 or 12, Alexios I Komnenos was 23 or 24, Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor was 22, Philip I of France was 20 and Shen Kuo was 40 or 41.

Born during Alp Arslan’s lifetime: Omar Khayyam, Al-Ghazali, Pope Urban II, Anselm of Canterbury, Henry I of England, Pope Callixtus II, Pope Paschal II and Godfrey of Bouillon.

Not quite contemporaries: Ferdowsi died about 6 years before Alp Arslan was born, Leif Erikson died about 6 years before Alp Arslan was born, Peter Abelard was born about 7 years after Alp Arslan died and Vladimir the Great died about 14 years before Alp Arslan was born.

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The 37 best-known contemporaries

37 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Alp Arslan. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in 1051.

  1. Avicenna c. AD 981 – 1037
  2. Omar Khayyam c. 1049 – 1131
  3. Al-Ghazali c. 1057 – 1111
  4. William the Conqueror c. 1028 – 1087
  5. Al-Biruni AD 973 – 1048
  6. Ibn al-Haytham c. AD 965 – 1039
  7. Pope Urban II c. 1035 – 1099
  8. Anselm of Canterbury c. 1033 – 1109
  9. Henry I of England c. 1068 – 1135
  10. Cnut AD 994 – 1035
  11. Pope Leo IX 1002 – 1054
  12. Pope Alexander II 1010s – 1073
  13. Pope Callixtus II c. 1065 – 1124
  14. Harold Godwinson c. 1023 – 1066
  15. Pope Gregory VI c. 1000 – 1048
  16. Pope Clement II 1005 – 1047
  17. Pope Paschal II 1050s – 1118
  18. Stephen I of Hungary c. AD 975 – 1038
  19. Pope Nicholas II 990s – 1061
  20. Pope John XIX c. AD 975 – 1032
  21. Pope Damasus II c. 1000 – 1048
  22. Godfrey of Bouillon 1060 – 1100
  23. Alexios I Komnenos 1048 – 1118
  24. Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor 1050 – 1106
  25. Pope Victor III c. 1028 – 1087
  26. Pope Gelasius II c. 1065 – 1119
  27. Pope Sylvester III c. 1000 – c. 1065
  28. Yaroslav the Wise AD 978 – 1054
  29. Mahmud of Ghazni AD 971 – 1030
  30. Henry I of France 1008 – 1060
  31. Philip I of France 1052 – 1108
  32. Robert II of France AD 972 – 1031
  33. Al-Ma'arri AD 973 – 1057
  34. Guido of Arezzo c. AD 992 – 1050
  35. Shen Kuo 1031 – 1095
  36. Anne of Kiev c. 1025 – 1070s
  37. Harald Hardrada c. 1015 – 1066