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Ibn Arabi
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Ibn Arabi

Philosopher

Born 28 July 1165 · died 16 November 1240, aged 75

Who was alive at the same time as Ibn Arabi?

  1. Hildegard of Bingen, c. 1098 – 1179
  2. Frederick Barbarossa, 1122 – 1190
  3. Averroes, 1126 – 1198
  4. Zhu Xi, 1130 – 1200
  5. Maimonides, c. 1137 – 1204
  6. Saladin, 1138 – 1193
  7. Nizami Ganjavi, c. 1141 – c. 1209
  8. Richard I of England, 1157 – 1199
  9. Pope Innocent III, 1160s – 1216
  10. Genghis Khan, 1162 – 1227
  11. Ibn Arabi, 1165 – 1240
  12. John, King of England, 1166 – 1216
  13. Shota Rustaveli, 1172 – 1216
  14. Francis of Assisi, c. 1182 – 1226
  15. Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, 1194 – 1250
  16. Albertus Magnus, c. 1200 – 1280
  17. Rumi, 1207 – 1273
  18. Saadi Shirazi, c. 1210 – 1292
  19. Nasreddin, 1208 – 1284
  20. Louis IX of France, c. 1215 – 1270
  21. Kublai Khan, 1215 – 1294
  22. Roger Bacon, c. 1220 – 1292
  23. Thomas Aquinas, 1225 – 1274
  24. Edward I, 1239 – 1307

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When Ibn Arabi was born, Genghis Khan was 3, Saladin was 26 or 27, Averroes was 39, Zhu Xi was 34 and Richard I of England was 7.

When Ibn Arabi died, Thomas Aquinas was 14 or 15, Rumi was 33, Kublai Khan was 25, Louis IX of France was 25 or 26 and Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor was 45.

Born during Ibn Arabi’s lifetime: Thomas Aquinas, Rumi, Francis of Assisi, Saadi Shirazi, Kublai Khan, Shota Rustaveli, Albertus Magnus and Louis IX of France.

Not quite contemporaries: Marco Polo was born about 14 years after Ibn Arabi died, Bernard of Clairvaux died about 12 years before Ibn Arabi was born, Pope John XXII was born about 4 years after Ibn Arabi died and Amir Khusrau was born about 13 years after Ibn Arabi died.

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Where Ibn Arabi’s contemporaries were born

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The 76 best-known contemporaries

76 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Ibn Arabi. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in 1203.

  1. Genghis Khan 1162 – 1227
  2. Thomas Aquinas 1225 – 1274
  3. Rumi 1207 – 1273
  4. Saladin 1138 – 1193
  5. Francis of Assisi c. 1182 – 1226
  6. Averroes 1126 – 1198
  7. Zhu Xi 1130 – 1200
  8. Saadi Shirazi c. 1210 – 1292
  9. Hildegard of Bingen c. 1098 – 1179
  10. Richard I of England 1157 – 1199
  11. Maimonides c. 1137 – 1204
  12. Kublai Khan 1215 – 1294
  13. Frederick Barbarossa 1122 – 1190
  14. Shota Rustaveli 1172 – 1216
  15. Pope Innocent III 1160s – 1216
  16. Albertus Magnus c. 1200 – 1280
  17. Louis IX of France c. 1215 – 1270
  18. Roger Bacon c. 1220 – 1292
  19. John, King of England 1166 – 1216
  20. Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor 1194 – 1250
  21. Nizami Ganjavi c. 1141 – c. 1209
  22. Nasreddin 1208 – 1284
  23. Edward I 1239 – 1307
  24. Pope Alexander III c. 1100 – 1181
  25. Pope Boniface VIII 1235 – 1303
  26. Pope Gregory IX 1170 – 1241
  27. Henry II of England 1133 – 1189
  28. Anthony of Padua 1195 – 1231
  29. Ögedei Khan 1186 – 1241
  30. Pope Celestine V 1215 – 1296
  31. Alexander Nevsky 1220 – 1263
  32. Pope Gregory VIII 1100s – 1187
  33. Snorri Sturluson 1179 – 1241
  34. Batu Khan c. 1205 – c. 1255
  35. Philip II of France 1165 – 1223
  36. Hulegu Khan 1217 – 1265
  37. Bonaventure 1221 – 1274
  38. Pope Honorius III 1148 – 1227
  39. Alfonso X of Castile 1221 – 1284
  40. Dominic de Guzmán c. 1172 – 1221
  41. Pope Celestine III 1106 – 1198
  42. Louis VII of France 1120 – 1180
  43. Pope Urban IV c. 1185 – 1264
  44. Henry III of England 1207 – 1272
  45. Pope Gregory X 1210 – 1276
  46. Chrétien de Troyes c. 1130s – c. 1180s
  47. Pope Lucius III 1110 – 1185
  48. Nasir al-Din al-Tusi 1201 – 1274
  49. Ramon Llull c. 1233 – c. 1316
  50. Pope Clement IV 1190 – 1268
  51. Pope Nicholas III 1210s – 1280
  52. Pope Innocent V 1225 – 1276
  53. Manuel I Komnenos 1118 – 1180
  54. Louis VIII of France 1187 – 1226
  55. Pope Nicholas IV 1227 – 1292
  56. Pope John XXI c. 1213 – 1277
  57. Clare of Assisi 1194 – 1253
  58. Pope Adrian V 1205 – 1276
  59. Pope Martin IV 1220 – 1285
  60. Afonso I of Portugal c. 1109 – 1185
  61. Attar of Nishapur 1145 – 1221
  62. Thomas Becket c. 1119 – 1170
  63. Eleanor of Aquitaine 1124 – 1204
  64. Pope Honorius IV c. 1210 – 1287
  65. Empress Matilda c. 1102 – 1167
  66. Bhāskara II c. 1114 – c. 1185
  67. Saxo Grammaticus c. 1150 – c. 1213
  68. Jochi 1182 – 1227
  69. Chagatai Khan 1183 – 1242
  70. Abdul Qadir Gilani 1078 – 1166
  71. Tamar of Georgia 1166 – 1213
  72. Walther von der Vogelweide c. 1170 – c. 1230
  73. Elizabeth of Hungary 1207 – 1231
  74. Rudolf I of Germany 1218 – 1291
  75. Charles I of Anjou 1226 – 1285
  76. Razia Sultan c. 1206 – 1240