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Ibn Ishaq
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Ibn Ishaq

Historian

Born AD 704 · died AD 768, aged 63 or 64
Also known as Muhammad bin Ishaq bin Yasar, Muḥammad Ibn Isḥâḳ

Who was alive at the same time as Ibn Ishaq?

  1. Wu Zetian, AD 624 – AD 705
  2. Pope John VII, AD 650 – AD 707
  3. Pope John VI, AD 655 – AD 705
  4. Pope Gregory II, AD 669 – AD 731
  5. Bede, c. AD 672 – AD 735
  6. John of Damascus, c. AD 675 – AD 749
  7. Pope Zachary, AD 679 – AD 752
  8. Charles Martel, AD 688 – AD 741
  9. Ja'far al-Sadiq, c. AD 701 – c. AD 765
  10. Abu Hanifa, AD 699 – c. AD 768
  11. Pope Adrian I, AD 700 – AD 795
  12. Pope Paul I, AD 700 – AD 767
  13. Li Bai, AD 701 – AD 762
  14. Ibn Ishaq, AD 704 – AD 768
  15. Du Fu, AD 712 – AD 770
  16. Pope Stephen II, c. AD 714 – AD 757
  17. Pepin the Short, c. AD 716 – AD 768
  18. Pope Stephen III, c. AD 720 – AD 772
  19. Jabir ibn Hayyan, AD 721 – AD 815
  20. Charlemagne, c. AD 744 – AD 814
  21. Pope Leo III, AD 750 – c. AD 816
  22. Abu Nuwas, c. AD 759 – AD 814
  23. Harun al-Rashid, AD 766 – AD 809
  24. Al-Shafi'i, AD 767 – AD 820

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When Ibn Ishaq was born, Li Bai was 2 or 3, Abu Hanifa was 4 or 5, Charles Martel was 15 or 16, Wu Zetian was 79 or 80 and Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz was 22 or 23.

When Ibn Ishaq died, Harun al-Rashid was 1 or 2, Al-Shafi'i was about a year old, Al-Mansur was 54 or 55, Leo IV the Khazar was 17 or 18 and Musa al-Kazim was 22 or 23.

Born during Ibn Ishaq’s lifetime: Charlemagne, Abu Nuwas, Du Fu, Jabir ibn Hayyan, Harun al-Rashid, Pope Leo III, Pepin the Short and Al-Shafi'i.

Not quite contemporaries: Al-Khwarizmi was born about 10 years after Ibn Ishaq died, Louis the Pious was born about 10 years after Ibn Ishaq died, Ahmad ibn Hanbal was born about 12 years after Ibn Ishaq died and Pope Paschal I was born about 5 years after Ibn Ishaq died.

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Where Ibn Ishaq’s contemporaries were born

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The 82 best-known contemporaries

82 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Ibn Ishaq. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in AD 736.

  1. Li Bai AD 701 – AD 762
  2. Charlemagne c. AD 744 – AD 814
  3. Abu Nuwas c. AD 759 – AD 814
  4. Du Fu AD 712 – AD 770
  5. Jabir ibn Hayyan AD 721 – AD 815
  6. Harun al-Rashid AD 766 – AD 809
  7. Abu Hanifa AD 699 – c. AD 768
  8. Bede c. AD 672 – AD 735
  9. Pope Gregory II AD 669 – AD 731
  10. Charles Martel AD 688 – AD 741
  11. Pope Leo III AD 750 – c. AD 816
  12. Pope Adrian I AD 700 – AD 795
  13. Pepin the Short c. AD 716 – AD 768
  14. Pope Paul I AD 700 – AD 767
  15. John of Damascus c. AD 675 – AD 749
  16. Al-Shafi'i AD 767 – AD 820
  17. Pope John VII AD 650 – AD 707
  18. Pope Stephen III c. AD 720 – AD 772
  19. Pope John VI AD 655 – AD 705
  20. Pope Zachary AD 679 – AD 752
  21. Pope Stephen II c. AD 714 – AD 757
  22. Ja'far al-Sadiq c. AD 701 – c. AD 765
  23. Wu Zetian AD 624 – AD 705
  24. Pope Sisinnius c. AD 650 – AD 708
  25. Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan c. AD 646 – AD 705
  26. Malik ibn Anas c. AD 711 – AD 795
  27. Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz AD 681 – c. AD 720
  28. Leo III the Isaurian AD 675 – AD 741
  29. Irene of Athens c. AD 752 – AD 803
  30. Rabia Basri 710s – AD 801
  31. Alcuin c. AD 740 – AD 804
  32. Justinian II AD 669 – AD 711
  33. Tariq ibn Ziyad AD 670 – AD 720
  34. Abd al-Rahman I AD 731 – AD 788
  35. Roland AD 737 – AD 778
  36. Padmasambhava AD 717 – AD 762
  37. Constantine V AD 718 – AD 775
  38. Nikephoros I c. AD 750 – AD 811
  39. Ali al-Sajjad AD 659 – AD 713
  40. Pelagius of Asturias c. AD 685 – AD 737
  41. Wang Wei AD 699 – c. AD 760
  42. Al-Mansur AD 713 – AD 775
  43. Carloman I AD 751 – AD 771
  44. Abu Muslim c. AD 719 – AD 755
  45. Paul the Deacon c. AD 720 – c. AD 799
  46. Leo IV the Khazar AD 750 – AD 780
  47. Leontius AD 660 – AD 706
  48. Al-Walid I AD 668 – AD 715
  49. Saint Boniface c. AD 675 – AD 754
  50. Sulayman ibn Abd al-Malik AD 675 – AD 717
  51. Al-Saffah AD 722 – AD 754
  52. Musa al-Kazim AD 745 – c. AD 799
  53. Krum AD 755 – AD 814
  54. Muhammad al-Baqir AD 677 – AD 733
  55. Roderic AD 688 – AD 711
  56. Marwan II AD 688 – AD 750
  57. Dagobert III c. AD 698 – AD 715
  58. Al-Walid II 700s – AD 744
  59. Al-Mahdi AD 744 – AD 785
  60. Childebert III AD 678 – AD 711
  61. Emperor Xuanzong of Tang c. AD 684 – c. AD 765
  62. Theuderic IV c. AD 713 – AD 737
  63. Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik AD 691 – AD 743
  64. Theophanes the Confessor AD 759 – AD 817
  65. Chilperic II c. AD 673 – AD 721
  66. Hasan al-Basri AD 642 – AD 728
  67. Pepin of Herstal c. AD 645 – AD 714
  68. Al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf AD 661 – AD 714
  69. Yazid II AD 687 – AD 724
  70. Yazid III AD 701 – AD 744
  71. Desiderius c. AD 710 – c. AD 786
  72. Al-Hadi c. AD 763 – AD 786
  73. Empress Genmei AD 661 – AD 721
  74. Anas ibn Malik AD 611 – AD 713
  75. Muhammad ibn al-Qasim AD 695 – AD 715
  76. Liutprand, King of the Lombards c. 680s – AD 744
  77. Chlothar IV c. AD 685 – AD 719
  78. Shantideva c. AD 685 – c. AD 763
  79. Emperor Kanmu AD 737 – AD 806
  80. Hisham I of Córdoba AD 757 – AD 796
  81. Carloman c. AD 710 – AD 754
  82. Alfonso II of Asturias AD 759 – AD 842