Who Was Alive

Were Hongwu Emperor and Ibn Khaldun alive at the same time?

Yes. Hongwu Emperor and Ibn Khaldun were alive at the same time for 65 or 66 years, from 1331–1332 to 1398.

Hongwu Emperor was 3 or 4 when Ibn Khaldun was born.

Ibn Khaldun was 65 or 66 when Hongwu Emperor died, aged 69.

Hongwu Emperor

Hongwu Emperor

Emperor of China

Born 29 October 1328 · died 24 June 1398, aged 69

Ibn Khaldun

Ibn Khaldun

Historian

Born 1331–1332 · died 1405–1406, aged 73 or 74

  1. Ibn Battuta, 1304 – c. 1368
  2. Petrarch, 1304 – 1374
  3. Hafez, c. 1325 – c. 1390
  4. Hongwu Emperor, 1328 – 1398
  5. Ibn Khaldun, c. 1332 – c. 1406
  6. Timur, 1336 – 1405
  7. Geoffrey Chaucer, c. 1343 – c. 1400

Hongwu Emperor and Ibn Khaldun 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 Hongwu Emperor and Ibn Khaldun were born

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