Ibn Battuta · Hafez Were Ibn Battuta and Hafez alive at the same time? Yes. Ibn Battuta and Hafez were alive at the same time, from c. 1325 to c. 1368. Ibn Battuta14th century Muslim Maghrebi scholar and explorerBorn 24 February 1304 · died c. 1368HafezPersian poet and mysticBorn c. 1325 · died 1389–1390 Marco PoloDante AlighieriIbn BattutaPetrarchHafezIbn KhaldunTimurGeoffrey Chaucer Ibn Battuta and Hafez in bold, with some of their best-known contemporaries. Drag across to see the age each reached in any year. Faded ends mark uncertain dates.