Who Was Alive

Were Anna Komnene and Saladin alive at the same time?

Yes. Anna Komnene and Saladin were alive at the same time, from 1138 to 1151–1156.

Anna Komnene was 54 or 55 when Saladin was born.

Anna Komnene

Anna Komnene

Historian

Born 1 December 1083 · died 1151–1156

Saladin

Saladin

Sultan of Egypt

Born 1138 · died 4 March 1193, aged 54 or 55

  1. Omar Khayyam, c. 1049 – 1131
  2. Al-Ghazali, c. 1057 – 1111
  3. Anna Komnene, 1083 – c. 1154
  4. Hildegard of Bingen, c. 1098 – 1179
  5. Averroes, 1126 – 1198
  6. Zhu Xi, 1130 – 1200
  7. Saladin, 1138 – 1193
  8. Genghis Khan, 1162 – 1227
  9. Francis of Assisi, c. 1182 – 1226

Anna Komnene and Saladin 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 Anna Komnene and Saladin were born

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