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Asparuh of Bulgaria
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Asparuh of Bulgaria

Bulgarian sovereign

Born c. AD 640 · died AD 699–701
Also known as Asparukh, Asparuh

Who was alive at the same time as Asparuh of Bulgaria?

  1. Uthman, c. AD 575 – AD 656
  2. Pope Agatho, AD 574 – AD 681
  3. Umar, c. AD 586 – AD 644
  4. Brahmagupta, c. AD 598 – c. AD 670
  5. Pope Vitalian, c. AD 600 – AD 672
  6. Pope Martin I, AD 598 – AD 655
  7. Ali, AD 599 – AD 661
  8. Xuanzang, AD 602 – AD 664
  9. Mu'awiya I, AD 603 – AD 680
  10. Pope Leo II, AD 611 – AD 683
  11. Aisha, AD 614 – c. AD 678
  12. Hasan ibn Ali, AD 625 – AD 669
  13. Husayn ibn Ali, AD 626 – AD 680
  14. Pope Benedict II, AD 635 – AD 685
  15. Asparuh of Bulgaria, c. AD 640 – c. AD 701
  16. Pope John VII, AD 650 – AD 707
  17. Pope Sergius I, AD 650 – AD 701
  18. Pope John VI, AD 655 – AD 705
  19. Pope Gregory II, AD 669 – AD 731
  20. Bede, c. AD 672 – AD 735
  21. John of Damascus, c. AD 675 – AD 749
  22. Pope Zachary, AD 679 – AD 752
  23. Charles Martel, AD 688 – AD 741
  24. Abu Hanifa, AD 699 – c. AD 768

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Born during Asparuh of Bulgaria’s lifetime: Abu Hanifa, Bede, Pope Gregory II, Charles Martel, John of Damascus, Pope John VII, Pope Sergius I and Pope John VI.

Not quite contemporaries: Muhammad died about 6 years before Asparuh of Bulgaria was born, Du Fu was born about 10 years after Asparuh of Bulgaria died, Abu Bakr died about 4 years before Asparuh of Bulgaria was born and Fatima died about 6 years before Asparuh of Bulgaria was born.

Where Asparuh of Bulgaria’s contemporaries were born

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The 102 best-known contemporaries

102 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Asparuh of Bulgaria. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in AD 672.

  1. Umar c. AD 586 – AD 644
  2. Ali AD 599 – AD 661
  3. Brahmagupta c. AD 598 – c. AD 670
  4. Uthman c. AD 575 – AD 656
  5. Aisha AD 614 – c. AD 678
  6. Husayn ibn Ali AD 626 – AD 680
  7. Abu Hanifa AD 699 – c. AD 768
  8. Mu'awiya I AD 603 – AD 680
  9. Bede c. AD 672 – AD 735
  10. Pope Gregory II AD 669 – AD 731
  11. Charles Martel AD 688 – AD 741
  12. Pope Benedict II AD 635 – AD 685
  13. Hasan ibn Ali AD 625 – AD 669
  14. John of Damascus c. AD 675 – AD 749
  15. Pope Martin I AD 598 – AD 655
  16. Pope Leo II AD 611 – AD 683
  17. Xuanzang AD 602 – AD 664
  18. Pope John VII AD 650 – AD 707
  19. Pope Sergius I AD 650 – AD 701
  20. Pope Agatho AD 574 – AD 681
  21. Pope John VI AD 655 – AD 705
  22. Pope Zachary AD 679 – AD 752
  23. Pope Vitalian c. AD 600 – AD 672
  24. Pope John V AD 635 – AD 686
  25. Wu Zetian AD 624 – AD 705
  26. Pope Sisinnius c. AD 650 – AD 708
  27. Pope Conon AD 630 – AD 687
  28. Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan c. AD 646 – AD 705
  29. Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz AD 681 – c. AD 720
  30. Leo III the Isaurian AD 675 – AD 741
  31. Yazid I AD 646 – AD 683
  32. Justinian II AD 669 – AD 711
  33. Tariq ibn Ziyad AD 670 – AD 720
  34. Constans II AD 630 – AD 668
  35. Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib c. AD 568 – AD 653
  36. Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr AD 624 – AD 692
  37. Maximus the Confessor AD 579 – AD 662
  38. Hafsa bint Umar AD 604 – AD 665
  39. Ibn Abbas c. AD 619 – AD 688
  40. Constantine IV AD 652 – AD 685
  41. Amr ibn al-As AD 570 – AD 664
  42. Emperor Taizong of Tang AD 598 – AD 649
  43. Marwan I AD 623 – AD 685
  44. Ali al-Sajjad AD 659 – AD 713
  45. Salman the Persian AD 568 – AD 657
  46. Pelagius of Asturias c. AD 685 – AD 737
  47. Zubayr ibn al-Awwam AD 594 – AD 656
  48. Yazdegerd III AD 624 – AD 652
  49. Mu'awiya II AD 661 – AD 684
  50. Harsha AD 590 – AD 647
  51. Abu Hurayra AD 602 – AD 679
  52. Leontius AD 660 – AD 706
  53. Al-Walid I AD 668 – AD 715
  54. Saint Boniface c. AD 675 – AD 754
  55. Sulayman ibn Abd al-Malik AD 675 – AD 717
  56. Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas AD 595 – c. AD 675
  57. Bhartṛhari AD 570 – c. AD 651
  58. Umm Salama AD 596 – AD 681
  59. Zaynab bint Ali c. AD 627 – c. AD 684
  60. Isaac the Syrian c. AD 640 – c. AD 700
  61. Muhammad al-Baqir AD 677 – AD 733
  62. Roderic AD 688 – AD 711
  63. Marwan II AD 688 – AD 750
  64. Childebert III AD 678 – AD 711
  65. Emperor Xuanzong of Tang c. AD 684 – c. AD 765
  66. Sawdah bint Zam'ah AD 589 – AD 674
  67. Talha ibn Ubayd Allah AD 595 – AD 656
  68. Penda of Mercia c. AD 606 – AD 655
  69. Abd Allah ibn Umar ibn al-Khattab c. AD 610 – AD 693
  70. Clovis II c. AD 636 – AD 657
  71. Chlothar III c. AD 650 – AD 673
  72. Theuderic III 650s – AD 691
  73. Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik AD 691 – AD 743
  74. John Climacus c. AD 579 – c. AD 649
  75. Umm Habiba c. AD 594 – AD 665
  76. Abd Allah ibn Mas'ud AD 594 – AD 653
  77. Childeric II AD 655 – AD 675
  78. Chilperic II c. AD 673 – AD 721
  79. Clovis IV c. AD 677 – AD 695
  80. Abd al-Rahman ibn Awf c. AD 577 – c. AD 654
  81. Maymunah bint al-Harith c. AD 592 – AD 672
  82. Safiyya bint Huyayy c. AD 610 – AD 670
  83. Juwayriya bint al-Harith AD 608 – AD 676
  84. Hasan al-Basri AD 642 – AD 728
  85. Pepin of Herstal c. AD 645 – AD 714
  86. Empress Jitō AD 645 – AD 703
  87. Emperor Tenji AD 626 – AD 672
  88. Dagobert II AD 652 – AD 679
  89. Al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf AD 661 – AD 714
  90. Yazid II AD 687 – AD 724
  91. Empress Kōgyoku AD 594 – AD 661
  92. Sigebert III AD 630 – AD 656
  93. Empress Genmei AD 661 – AD 721
  94. Kahina AD 668 – AD 703
  95. Anas ibn Malik AD 611 – AD 713
  96. Muhammad ibn al-Qasim AD 695 – AD 715
  97. Ammar ibn Yasir AD 570 – AD 657
  98. Emperor Tenmu AD 631 – AD 686
  99. Liutprand, King of the Lombards c. 680s – AD 744
  100. Chlothar IV c. AD 685 – AD 719
  101. Shantideva c. AD 685 – c. AD 763
  102. Kubrat c. AD 595 – AD 665