Who Was Alive

Were Ferdowsi and Sei Shōnagon alive at the same time?

Yes. Ferdowsi and Sei Shōnagon were alive at the same time, from c. AD 966 to c. 1020.

Ferdowsi

Ferdowsi

Poet

Born 3 January AD 940 · died c. 1020

Sei Shōnagon

Sei Shōnagon

Japanese writer

Born c. AD 966 · died c. 1025

  1. Al-Farabi, c. AD 870 – AD 951
  2. Ferdowsi, AD 940 – c. 1020
  3. Ibn al-Haytham, c. AD 965 – 1039
  4. Sei Shōnagon, c. AD 966 – c. 1025
  5. Leif Erikson, c. AD 972 – c. 1020
  6. Al-Biruni, AD 973 – 1048
  7. Avicenna, c. AD 981 – 1037

Ferdowsi and Sei Shōnagon 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 Ferdowsi and Sei Shōnagon were born

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