Hasan al-Basri

Theologian

Born AD 642 · died AD 728, aged 85 or 86
Also known as Hasan of Basra

Who was alive at the same time as Hasan al-Basri?

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When Hasan al-Basri was born, Ali was 42 or 43, Husayn ibn Ali was 15 or 16, Mu'awiya I was 38 or 39, Hasan ibn Ali was 16 or 17 and Pope Martin I was 43 or 44.

When Hasan al-Basri died, Li Bai was 26 or 27, Abu Hanifa was 28 or 29, Charles Martel was 39 or 40, Leo III the Isaurian was 52 or 53 and Padmasambhava was 10 or 11.

Born during Hasan al-Basri’s lifetime: Li Bai, Du Fu, Jabir ibn Hayyan, Abu Hanifa, Bede, Pope Gregory II, Charles Martel and Pope Adrian I.

Not quite contemporaries: Muhammad died about 10 years before Hasan al-Basri was born, Charlemagne was born about 12 years after Hasan al-Basri died, Abu Bakr died about 8 years before Hasan al-Basri was born and Fatima died about 10 years before Hasan al-Basri was born.

Where Hasan al-Basri’s contemporaries were born

Hasan al-Basri is labelled; the others are the best-known people we track who lived at the same time. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (76 of 81 placed); tap one to open that person.

Birthplaces as a list

Hasan al-Basri: Medina
Uthman: Mecca
Umar: Mecca
Brahmagupta: Bhinmal
Pope Martin I: Pian di San Martino
Ali: Mecca
Xuanzang: Yanshi District
Mu'awiya I: Mecca
Pope Leo II: Sicily
Aisha: Mecca
Hasan ibn Ali: Medina
Husayn ibn Ali: Medina
Pope Benedict II: Rome
Pope Gregory II: Rome
Bede: Jarrow
John of Damascus: Damascus
Charles Martel: Herstal
Abu Hanifa: Kufa
Pope Adrian I: Rome
Pope Paul I: Rome
Li Bai: Suyab
Du Fu: Gongyi
Pepin the Short: Liège
Jabir ibn Hayyan: Tus
Pope John VII: Rossano
Pope Sergius I: Palermo
Pope Stephen III: Syracuse
Pope Agatho: Palermo
Pope John VI: Ephesus
Pope Zachary: Santa Severina
Pope Stephen II: Rome
Pope Vitalian: Segni
Pope John V: Antioch
Ja'far al-Sadiq: Medina
Wu Zetian: Guangyuan
Pope Conon: Sicily
Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan: Medina
Malik ibn Anas: Medina
Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz: Medina
Leo III the Isaurian: Kahramanmaraş
Yazid I: Damascus
Rabia Basri: Basra
Justinian II: Constantinople
Tariq ibn Ziyad: Khenchela
Constans II: Constantinople
Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib: Mecca
Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr: Medina
Constantine V: Constantinople
Maximus the Confessor: Palestine
Hafsa bint Umar: Mecca
Ibn Abbas: Mecca
Constantine IV: Constantinople
Amr ibn al-As: Mecca
Emperor Taizong of Tang: Wugong County
Marwan I: Mecca
Ali al-Sajjad: Medina
Salman the Persian: Kazerun
Zubayr ibn al-Awwam: Mecca
Wang Wei: Yongji
Al-Mansur: Humayma
Yazdegerd III: Istakhr
Mu'awiya II: Damascus
Abu Muslim: Isfahan
Paul the Deacon: Cividale del Friuli
Harsha: Thanesar
Abu Hurayra: Tihamah
Leontius: Isauria
Al-Walid I: Medina
Saint Boniface: Crediton
Sulayman ibn Abd al-Malik: Medina
Al-Saffah: Humayma
Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas: Mecca
Bhartṛhari: Ujjain
Umm Salama: Mecca
Zaynab bint Ali: Medina
Muhammad al-Baqir: Medina

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The 127 best-known contemporaries

127 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Hasan al-Basri. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in AD 685.

Li Bai AD 701 – AD 762
Umar c. AD 586 – AD 644
Ali AD 599 – AD 661
Du Fu AD 712 – AD 770
Brahmagupta c. AD 598 – c. AD 670
Uthman c. AD 575 – AD 656
Aisha AD 614 – c. AD 678
Husayn ibn Ali AD 626 – AD 680
Jabir ibn Hayyan AD 721 – AD 815
Abu Hanifa AD 699 – c. AD 768
Mu'awiya I AD 603 – AD 680
Bede c. AD 672 – AD 735
Pope Gregory II AD 669 – AD 731
Charles Martel AD 688 – AD 741
Pope Adrian I AD 700 – AD 795
Pepin the Short c. AD 716 – AD 768
Pope Benedict II AD 635 – AD 685
Pope Paul I AD 700 – AD 767
Hasan ibn Ali AD 625 – AD 669
John of Damascus c. AD 675 – AD 749
Pope Martin I AD 598 – AD 655
Pope Leo II AD 611 – AD 683
Xuanzang AD 602 – AD 664
Pope John VII AD 650 – AD 707
Pope Sergius I AD 650 – AD 701
Pope Stephen III c. AD 720 – AD 772
Pope Agatho AD 574 – AD 681
Pope John VI AD 655 – AD 705
Pope Zachary AD 679 – AD 752
Pope Stephen II c. AD 714 – AD 757
Pope Vitalian c. AD 600 – AD 672
Pope John V AD 635 – AD 686
Ja'far al-Sadiq c. AD 701 – c. AD 765
Wu Zetian AD 624 – AD 705
Pope Sisinnius c. AD 650 – AD 708
Pope Conon AD 630 – AD 687
Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan c. AD 646 – AD 705
Malik ibn Anas c. AD 711 – AD 795
Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz AD 681 – c. AD 720
Leo III the Isaurian AD 675 – AD 741
Yazid I AD 646 – AD 683
Rabia Basri 710s – AD 801
Justinian II AD 669 – AD 711
Tariq ibn Ziyad AD 670 – AD 720
Constans II AD 630 – AD 668
Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib c. AD 568 – AD 653
Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr AD 624 – AD 692
Padmasambhava AD 717 – AD 762
Constantine V AD 718 – AD 775
Maximus the Confessor AD 579 – AD 662
Hafsa bint Umar AD 604 – AD 665
Ibn Abbas c. AD 619 – AD 688
Constantine IV AD 652 – AD 685
Amr ibn al-As AD 570 – AD 664
Emperor Taizong of Tang AD 598 – AD 649
Marwan I AD 623 – AD 685
Ali al-Sajjad AD 659 – AD 713
Salman the Persian AD 568 – AD 657
Pelagius of Asturias c. AD 685 – AD 737
Zubayr ibn al-Awwam AD 594 – AD 656
Asparuh of Bulgaria c. AD 640 – c. AD 701
Wang Wei AD 699 – c. AD 760
Al-Mansur AD 713 – AD 775
Yazdegerd III AD 624 – AD 652
Mu'awiya II AD 661 – AD 684
Abu Muslim c. AD 719 – AD 755
Paul the Deacon c. AD 720 – c. AD 799
Harsha AD 590 – AD 647
Abu Hurayra AD 602 – AD 679
Leontius AD 660 – AD 706
Al-Walid I AD 668 – AD 715
Saint Boniface c. AD 675 – AD 754
Sulayman ibn Abd al-Malik AD 675 – AD 717
Al-Saffah AD 722 – AD 754
Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas AD 595 – c. AD 675
Bhartṛhari AD 570 – c. AD 651
Umm Salama AD 596 – AD 681
Zaynab bint Ali c. AD 627 – c. AD 684
Isaac the Syrian c. AD 640 – c. AD 700
Muhammad al-Baqir AD 677 – AD 733
Roderic AD 688 – AD 711
Marwan II AD 688 – AD 750
Dagobert III c. AD 698 – AD 715
Al-Walid II 700s – AD 744
Ibn Ishaq AD 704 – AD 768
Childebert III AD 678 – AD 711
Emperor Xuanzong of Tang c. AD 684 – c. AD 765
Theuderic IV c. AD 713 – AD 737
Sawdah bint Zam'ah AD 589 – AD 674
Talha ibn Ubayd Allah AD 595 – AD 656
Penda of Mercia c. AD 606 – AD 655
Abd Allah ibn Umar ibn al-Khattab c. AD 610 – AD 693
Clovis II c. AD 636 – AD 657
Chlothar III c. AD 650 – AD 673
Theuderic III 650s – AD 691
Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik AD 691 – AD 743
John Climacus c. AD 579 – c. AD 649
Umm Habiba c. AD 594 – AD 665
Abd Allah ibn Mas'ud AD 594 – AD 653
Childeric II AD 655 – AD 675
Chilperic II c. AD 673 – AD 721
Clovis IV c. AD 677 – AD 695
Abd al-Rahman ibn Awf c. AD 577 – c. AD 654
Maymunah bint al-Harith c. AD 592 – AD 672
Safiyya bint Huyayy c. AD 610 – AD 670
Juwayriya bint al-Harith AD 608 – AD 676
Pepin of Herstal c. AD 645 – AD 714
Empress Jitō AD 645 – AD 703
Emperor Tenji AD 626 – AD 672
Dagobert II AD 652 – AD 679
Al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf AD 661 – AD 714
Yazid II AD 687 – AD 724
Yazid III AD 701 – AD 744
Desiderius c. AD 710 – c. AD 786
Empress Kōgyoku AD 594 – AD 661
Sigebert III AD 630 – AD 656
Empress Genmei AD 661 – AD 721
Kahina AD 668 – AD 703
Anas ibn Malik AD 611 – AD 713
Muhammad ibn al-Qasim AD 695 – AD 715
Ammar ibn Yasir AD 570 – AD 657
Emperor Tenmu AD 631 – AD 686
Liutprand, King of the Lombards c. 680s – AD 744
Chlothar IV c. AD 685 – AD 719
Shantideva c. AD 685 – c. AD 763
Kubrat c. AD 595 – AD 665
Carloman c. AD 710 – AD 754