Who Was Alive

Were Ibn Khaldun and Pope Boniface IX alive at the same time?

Yes. Ibn Khaldun and Pope Boniface IX were alive at the same time for 47 or 48 years, from 1356 to 1404.

Ibn Khaldun was 71 or 72 when Pope Boniface IX died, aged 47 or 48.

Ibn Khaldun

Ibn Khaldun

Historian

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

Pope Boniface IX

Pope Boniface IX

Catholic priest who served as Pope

Born 1356 · died 1 October 1404, aged 47 or 48

  1. Ibn Battuta, 1304 – c. 1368
  2. Petrarch, 1304 – 1374
  3. Hafez, c. 1325 – c. 1390
  4. Ibn Khaldun, c. 1332 – c. 1406
  5. Timur, 1336 – 1405
  6. Geoffrey Chaucer, c. 1343 – c. 1400
  7. Pope Boniface IX, 1356 – 1404

Ibn Khaldun and Pope Boniface IX 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 Ibn Khaldun and Pope Boniface IX were born

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