Who Was Alive

Were Amir Khusrau and Dante Alighieri alive at the same time?

Yes. Amir Khusrau and Dante Alighieri were alive at the same time, from c. 1265 to 1321.

Amir Khusrau was 67 or 68 when Dante Alighieri died.

Amir Khusrau

Amir Khusrau

Indian poet

Born 1253 · died 27 September 1325, aged 71 or 72

Dante Alighieri

Dante Alighieri

Poet and philosopher

Born c. 1265 · died 14 September 1321

  1. Rumi, 1207 – 1273
  2. Thomas Aquinas, 1225 – 1274
  3. Amir Khusrau, 1253 – 1325
  4. Marco Polo, 1254 – 1324
  5. Dante Alighieri, c. 1265 – 1321
  6. Ibn Battuta, 1304 – c. 1368
  7. Petrarch, 1304 – 1374

Amir Khusrau and Dante Alighieri 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.

Challenge a friend with this question Compare Amir Khusrau with someone else

Where Amir Khusrau and Dante Alighieri were born

Amir Khusrau and Dante Alighieri are labelled, with the contemporaries on the timeline. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (7 of 7 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list