Who Was Alive

Were Ibn Taymiyya and Dante Alighieri alive at the same time?

Yes. Ibn Taymiyya and Dante Alighieri were alive at the same time, from c. 1265 to 1321.

Ibn Taymiyya was 57 or 58 when Dante Alighieri died.

Ibn Taymiyya

Ibn Taymiyya

Islamic jurist and scholar

Born 1262–1263 · died 1327–1328, aged 64 or 65

Dante Alighieri

Dante Alighieri

Poet and philosopher

Born c. 1265 · died 14 September 1321

  1. Rumi, 1207 – 1273
  2. Thomas Aquinas, 1225 – 1274
  3. Marco Polo, 1254 – 1324
  4. Ibn Taymiyya, c. 1263 – c. 1328
  5. Dante Alighieri, c. 1265 – 1321
  6. Ibn Battuta, 1304 – c. 1368
  7. Petrarch, 1304 – 1374

Ibn Taymiyya and Dante Alighieri 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 Taymiyya and Dante Alighieri were born

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