Who Was Alive

Were Ibn Battuta and Ibn Khaldun alive at the same time?

Yes. Ibn Battuta and Ibn Khaldun were alive at the same time, from 1331–1332 to c. 1368.

Ibn Battuta was 27 or 28 when Ibn Khaldun was born.

Ibn Battuta

14th century Muslim Maghrebi scholar and explorer

Born 24 February 1304 · died c. 1368

Ibn Khaldun

Historiographer and historian

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

  1. Marco Polo
  2. Dante Alighieri
  3. Ibn Battuta
  4. Petrarch
  5. Hafez
  6. Ibn Khaldun
  7. Timur
  8. Geoffrey Chaucer
Ibn Battuta and Ibn Khaldun 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.