Who Was Alive

Were Ferdowsi and Al-Biruni alive at the same time?

Yes. Ferdowsi and Al-Biruni were alive at the same time, from AD 973 to c. 1020.

Ferdowsi was 33 when Al-Biruni was born.

Ferdowsi

Persian poet, author of Shahnameh

Born 3 January AD 940 · died c. 1020

Al-Biruni

11th-century Persian scholar and polymath

Born 4 September AD 973 · died 9 December 1048, aged 75

  1. Farabi
  2. Ferdowsi
  3. Ibn al-Haytham
  4. Leif Erikson
  5. Al-Biruni
  6. Avicenna
  7. William the Conqueror
Ferdowsi and Al-Biruni in bold, with some of their best-known contemporaries. Drag across to see the age each reached in any year. Faded ends mark uncertain dates.