Harun al-Rashid
5th Abbasid caliph
Born 19 February AD 766 · died 24 March AD 809, aged 43
Who was alive at the same time as Harun al-Rashid?
When Harun al-Rashid was born, Du Fu was 53 or 54, Jabir ibn Hayyan was 44 or 45 and Abū Ḥanīfa was 66.
When Harun al-Rashid died, Jabir ibn Hayyan was 87 or 88.
Born during Harun al-Rashid’s lifetime: Muḥammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi and Ādi Shankara.
Not quite contemporaries: Li Bai died 4 years before Harun al-Rashid was born.