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Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik
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Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik

Caliph

Born AD 691 · died 6 February AD 743, aged 51 or 52

Who was alive at the same time as Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik?

  1. Wu Zetian, AD 624 – AD 705
  2. Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan, c. AD 646 – AD 705
  3. Pope Sisinnius, c. AD 650 – AD 708
  4. Pope John VII, AD 650 – AD 707
  5. Pope Sergius I, AD 650 – AD 701
  6. Pope John VI, AD 655 – AD 705
  7. Pope Gregory II, AD 669 – AD 731
  8. Bede, c. AD 672 – AD 735
  9. John of Damascus, c. AD 675 – AD 749
  10. Pope Zachary, AD 679 – AD 752
  11. Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz, AD 681 – c. AD 720
  12. Charles Martel, AD 688 – AD 741
  13. Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik, AD 691 – AD 743
  14. Ja'far al-Sadiq, c. AD 701 – c. AD 765
  15. Abu Hanifa, AD 699 – c. AD 768
  16. Pope Adrian I, AD 700 – AD 795
  17. Pope Paul I, AD 700 – AD 767
  18. Li Bai, AD 701 – AD 762
  19. Malik ibn Anas, c. AD 711 – AD 795
  20. Du Fu, AD 712 – AD 770
  21. Pope Stephen II, c. AD 714 – AD 757
  22. Pepin the Short, c. AD 716 – AD 768
  23. Pope Stephen III, c. AD 720 – AD 772
  24. Jabir ibn Hayyan, AD 721 – AD 815

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When Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik was born, Pope Gregory II was 21 or 22, Charles Martel was 2 or 3, Pope John VII was 40 or 41, Pope Sergius I was 40 or 41 and Pope John VI was 35 or 36.

When Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik died, Li Bai was 41, Du Fu was 30 or 31, Jabir ibn Hayyan was 21 or 22, Abu Hanifa was 43 and Pope Adrian I was 42 or 43.

Born during Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik’s lifetime: Li Bai, Du Fu, Jabir ibn Hayyan, Abu Hanifa, Pope Adrian I, Pepin the Short, Pope Paul I and Pope Stephen III.

Not quite contemporaries: Abu Nuwas was born about 11 years after Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik died, Aisha died about 11 years before Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik was born, Husayn ibn Ali died about 11 years before Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik was born and Mu'awiya I died about 11 years before Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik was born.

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Where Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik’s contemporaries were born

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The 74 best-known contemporaries

74 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in AD 718.

  1. Li Bai AD 701 – AD 762
  2. Du Fu AD 712 – AD 770
  3. Jabir ibn Hayyan AD 721 – AD 815
  4. Abu Hanifa AD 699 – c. AD 768
  5. Bede c. AD 672 – AD 735
  6. Pope Gregory II AD 669 – AD 731
  7. Charles Martel AD 688 – AD 741
  8. Pope Adrian I AD 700 – AD 795
  9. Pepin the Short c. AD 716 – AD 768
  10. Pope Paul I AD 700 – AD 767
  11. John of Damascus c. AD 675 – AD 749
  12. Pope John VII AD 650 – AD 707
  13. Pope Sergius I AD 650 – AD 701
  14. Pope Stephen III c. AD 720 – AD 772
  15. Pope John VI AD 655 – AD 705
  16. Pope Zachary AD 679 – AD 752
  17. Pope Stephen II c. AD 714 – AD 757
  18. Ja'far al-Sadiq c. AD 701 – c. AD 765
  19. Wu Zetian AD 624 – AD 705
  20. Pope Sisinnius c. AD 650 – AD 708
  21. Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan c. AD 646 – AD 705
  22. Malik ibn Anas c. AD 711 – AD 795
  23. Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz AD 681 – c. AD 720
  24. Leo III the Isaurian AD 675 – AD 741
  25. Rabia Basri 710s – AD 801
  26. Alcuin c. AD 740 – AD 804
  27. Justinian II AD 669 – AD 711
  28. Tariq ibn Ziyad AD 670 – AD 720
  29. Abd al-Rahman I AD 731 – AD 788
  30. Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr AD 624 – AD 692
  31. Roland AD 737 – AD 778
  32. Padmasambhava AD 717 – AD 762
  33. Constantine V AD 718 – AD 775
  34. Ali al-Sajjad AD 659 – AD 713
  35. Pelagius of Asturias c. AD 685 – AD 737
  36. Asparuh of Bulgaria c. AD 640 – c. AD 701
  37. Wang Wei AD 699 – c. AD 760
  38. Al-Mansur AD 713 – AD 775
  39. Abu Muslim c. AD 719 – AD 755
  40. Paul the Deacon c. AD 720 – c. AD 799
  41. Leontius AD 660 – AD 706
  42. Al-Walid I AD 668 – AD 715
  43. Saint Boniface c. AD 675 – AD 754
  44. Sulayman ibn Abd al-Malik AD 675 – AD 717
  45. Al-Saffah AD 722 – AD 754
  46. Isaac the Syrian c. AD 640 – c. AD 700
  47. Muhammad al-Baqir AD 677 – AD 733
  48. Roderic AD 688 – AD 711
  49. Marwan II AD 688 – AD 750
  50. Dagobert III c. AD 698 – AD 715
  51. Al-Walid II 700s – AD 744
  52. Ibn Ishaq AD 704 – AD 768
  53. Childebert III AD 678 – AD 711
  54. Emperor Xuanzong of Tang c. AD 684 – c. AD 765
  55. Theuderic IV c. AD 713 – AD 737
  56. Abd Allah ibn Umar ibn al-Khattab c. AD 610 – AD 693
  57. Chilperic II c. AD 673 – AD 721
  58. Clovis IV c. AD 677 – AD 695
  59. Hasan al-Basri AD 642 – AD 728
  60. Pepin of Herstal c. AD 645 – AD 714
  61. Empress Jitō AD 645 – AD 703
  62. Al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf AD 661 – AD 714
  63. Yazid II AD 687 – AD 724
  64. Yazid III AD 701 – AD 744
  65. Desiderius c. AD 710 – c. AD 786
  66. Empress Genmei AD 661 – AD 721
  67. Kahina AD 668 – AD 703
  68. Anas ibn Malik AD 611 – AD 713
  69. Muhammad ibn al-Qasim AD 695 – AD 715
  70. Liutprand, King of the Lombards c. 680s – AD 744
  71. Chlothar IV c. AD 685 – AD 719
  72. Shantideva c. AD 685 – c. AD 763
  73. Emperor Kanmu AD 737 – AD 806
  74. Carloman c. AD 710 – AD 754