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Babak Khorramdin
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Babak Khorramdin

Revolutionary and leader

Born 1 July AD 798 · died January AD 838, aged 39

Who was alive at the same time as Babak Khorramdin?

  1. Jabir ibn Hayyan, AD 721 – AD 815
  2. Charlemagne, c. AD 744 – AD 814
  3. Pope Leo III, AD 750 – c. AD 816
  4. Abu Nuwas, c. AD 759 – AD 814
  5. Harun al-Rashid, AD 766 – AD 809
  6. Al-Shafi'i, AD 767 – AD 820
  7. Pope Paschal I, c. AD 775 – AD 824
  8. Al-Khwarizmi, c. AD 780 – c. AD 850
  9. Pope Eugene II, c. AD 780 – AD 827
  10. Louis the Pious, AD 778 – AD 840
  11. Ahmad ibn Hanbal, AD 780 – AD 855
  12. Adi Shankara, c. AD 788 – c. AD 821
  13. Pope Leo IV, c. AD 790 – AD 855
  14. Pope Adrian II, AD 792 – AD 872
  15. Pope Gregory IV, c. AD 795 – AD 844
  16. Babak Khorramdin, AD 798 – AD 838
  17. Al-Kindi, c. AD 801 – c. AD 872
  18. Pope Benedict III, c. AD 810 – AD 858
  19. Muhammad al-Bukhari, AD 810 – AD 870
  20. Pope Formosus, c. AD 816 – AD 896
  21. Pope John VIII, c. AD 820 – AD 882
  22. Pope Nicholas I, c. AD 820 – AD 867
  23. Charles the Bald, AD 823 – AD 877
  24. Pope Marinus I, AD 830 – AD 884

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When Babak Khorramdin was born, Jabir ibn Hayyan was 76 or 77, Harun al-Rashid was 32, Pope Leo III was 47 or 48, Louis the Pious was 19 or 20 and Al-Shafi'i was 30.

When Babak Khorramdin died, Louis the Pious was 59, Charles the Bald was 14, Muhammad al-Bukhari was 27, Ahmad ibn Hanbal was 57 and Bai Juyi was 65.

Born during Babak Khorramdin’s lifetime: Al-Kindi, Charles the Bald, Muhammad al-Bukhari, Pope John VIII, Pope Formosus, Pope Benedict III, Pope Marinus I and Pope Nicholas I.

Not quite contemporaries: Alfred the Great was born about 11 years after Babak Khorramdin died, Pope Adrian I died about 3 years before Babak Khorramdin was born, Pope Theodore II was born about 2 years after Babak Khorramdin died and Malik ibn Anas died about 3 years before Babak Khorramdin was born.

Where Babak Khorramdin’s contemporaries were born

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The 57 best-known contemporaries

57 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Babak Khorramdin. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in AD 818.

  1. Charlemagne c. AD 744 – AD 814
  2. Al-Khwarizmi c. AD 780 – c. AD 850
  3. Abu Nuwas c. AD 759 – AD 814
  4. Jabir ibn Hayyan AD 721 – AD 815
  5. Harun al-Rashid AD 766 – AD 809
  6. Adi Shankara c. AD 788 – c. AD 821
  7. Pope Leo III AD 750 – c. AD 816
  8. Louis the Pious AD 778 – AD 840
  9. Al-Kindi c. AD 801 – c. AD 872
  10. Charles the Bald AD 823 – AD 877
  11. Muhammad al-Bukhari AD 810 – AD 870
  12. Pope Gregory IV c. AD 795 – AD 844
  13. Pope John VIII c. AD 820 – AD 882
  14. Al-Shafi'i AD 767 – AD 820
  15. Ahmad ibn Hanbal AD 780 – AD 855
  16. Pope Adrian II AD 792 – AD 872
  17. Pope Leo IV c. AD 790 – AD 855
  18. Pope Formosus c. AD 816 – AD 896
  19. Pope Paschal I c. AD 775 – AD 824
  20. Pope Eugene II c. AD 780 – AD 827
  21. Pope Benedict III c. AD 810 – AD 858
  22. Pope Marinus I AD 830 – AD 884
  23. Pope Nicholas I c. AD 820 – AD 867
  24. Pope Stephen IV c. AD 770 – AD 817
  25. Pope Sergius II c. AD 790 – AD 847
  26. Pope Valentine c. AD 780 – AD 827
  27. Rurik AD 830 – AD 879
  28. Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj AD 821 – AD 875
  29. Lothair I AD 795 – AD 855
  30. Irene of Athens c. AD 752 – AD 803
  31. Rabia Basri 710s – AD 801
  32. Alcuin c. AD 740 – AD 804
  33. John Scotus Eriugena 800s – AD 877
  34. Louis the German c. AD 806 – AD 876
  35. Al-Ma'mun c. AD 786 – c. AD 833
  36. Nikephoros I c. AD 750 – AD 811
  37. Bai Juyi AD 772 – AD 846
  38. Al-Jahiz AD 775 – c. AD 869
  39. Ecgberht, King of Wessex AD 771 – AD 839
  40. Han Yu AD 768 – AD 824
  41. Ali al-Rida AD 770 – AD 818
  42. Michael I Rangabe c. AD 770 – AD 844
  43. Leo V the Armenian AD 775 – AD 820
  44. Michael II AD 770 – AD 829
  45. Staurakios AD 775 – AD 812
  46. Abd ar-Rahman II AD 792 – AD 852
  47. Musa al-Kazim AD 745 – c. AD 799
  48. Krum AD 755 – AD 814
  49. Einhard c. AD 774 – AD 840
  50. Kūkai AD 774 – AD 835
  51. Al-Mu'tasim AD 796 – AD 842
  52. Theophanes the Confessor AD 759 – AD 817
  53. Rabanus Maurus c. AD 783 – AD 856
  54. Pepin of Italy AD 777 – AD 810
  55. Al-Amin AD 787 – AD 813
  56. Emperor Kanmu AD 737 – AD 806
  57. Alfonso II of Asturias AD 759 – AD 842