Who Was Alive

Were Amir Khusrau and Marco Polo alive at the same time?

Yes. Amir Khusrau and Marco Polo were alive at the same time for 69 years, from 1254 to 1324.

Amir Khusrau was about a year old when Marco Polo was born.

Amir Khusrau was 70 or 71 when Marco Polo died, aged 69.

Amir Khusrau

Amir Khusrau

Indian poet

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

Marco Polo

Marco Polo

Venetian explorer and merchant

Born 15 September 1254 · died 8 January 1324, aged 69

  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 Marco Polo 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.

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Where Amir Khusrau and Marco Polo were born

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