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Ibn Taymiyya
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Ibn Taymiyya

Islamic jurist and scholar

Born 1262–1263 · died 1327–1328, aged 64 or 65
Also known as Ibn Taymiyyah, Taqi al-Din Ahmad Ibn Taymiyya

Who was alive at the same time as Ibn Taymiyya?

  1. Albertus Magnus, c. 1200 – 1280
  2. Rumi, 1207 – 1273
  3. Saadi Shirazi, c. 1210 – 1292
  4. Nasreddin, 1208 – 1284
  5. Louis IX of France, c. 1215 – 1270
  6. Kublai Khan, 1215 – 1294
  7. Roger Bacon, c. 1220 – 1292
  8. Thomas Aquinas, 1225 – 1274
  9. Pope Boniface VIII, 1235 – 1303
  10. Edward I, 1239 – 1307
  11. Marco Polo, 1254 – 1324
  12. Osman I, 1258 – 1326
  13. Ibn Taymiyya, c. 1263 – c. 1328
  14. Dante Alighieri, c. 1265 – 1321
  15. Giotto, c. 1272 – 1337
  16. Philip IV of France, 1268 – 1314
  17. William Wallace, 1270 – 1305
  18. Orhan, 1281 – 1362
  19. William of Ockham, c. 1288 – c. 1349
  20. Ibn Battuta, 1304 – c. 1368
  21. Petrarch, 1304 – 1374
  22. Edward III, 1312 – 1377
  23. Giovanni Boccaccio, 1313 – 1375
  24. Hafez, c. 1325 – c. 1390

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When Ibn Taymiyya was born, Marco Polo was 8 or 9, Thomas Aquinas was 37 or 38, Rumi was 55 or 56, Kublai Khan was 47 or 48 and Osman I was 4 or 5.

When Ibn Taymiyya died, Ibn Battuta was 23 or 24, Petrarch was 23 or 24, Orhan was 46 or 47, Edward III was 15 or 16 and Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor was 11 or 12.

Born during Ibn Taymiyya’s lifetime: Ibn Battuta, Petrarch, Hafez, Giovanni Boccaccio, Giotto, William of Ockham, William Wallace and Philip IV of France.

Not quite contemporaries: Geoffrey Chaucer was born about 13 years after Ibn Taymiyya died, Ibn Khaldun was born about 4 years after Ibn Taymiyya died, Timur was born about 8 years after Ibn Taymiyya died and Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor died about 13 years before Ibn Taymiyya was born.

Where Ibn Taymiyya’s contemporaries were born

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The 68 best-known contemporaries

68 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Ibn Taymiyya. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in 1296.

  1. Dante Alighieri c. 1265 – 1321
  2. Marco Polo 1254 – 1324
  3. Thomas Aquinas 1225 – 1274
  4. Ibn Battuta 1304 – c. 1368
  5. Petrarch 1304 – 1374
  6. Hafez c. 1325 – c. 1390
  7. Rumi 1207 – 1273
  8. Giovanni Boccaccio 1313 – 1375
  9. Saadi Shirazi c. 1210 – 1292
  10. Kublai Khan 1215 – 1294
  11. Osman I 1258 – 1326
  12. Giotto c. 1272 – 1337
  13. William of Ockham c. 1288 – c. 1349
  14. Albertus Magnus c. 1200 – 1280
  15. Louis IX of France c. 1215 – 1270
  16. Roger Bacon c. 1220 – 1292
  17. William Wallace 1270 – 1305
  18. Nasreddin 1208 – 1284
  19. Edward I 1239 – 1307
  20. Pope Boniface VIII 1235 – 1303
  21. Philip IV of France 1268 – 1314
  22. Orhan 1281 – 1362
  23. Edward III 1312 – 1377
  24. Mansa Musa c. 1280 – 1337
  25. Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor 1316 – 1378
  26. Pope Celestine V 1215 – 1296
  27. Hulegu Khan 1217 – 1265
  28. Bonaventure 1221 – 1274
  29. Pope John XXII 1244 – 1334
  30. Amir Khusrau 1253 – 1325
  31. Pope Urban V 1310 – 1370
  32. Alfonso X of Castile 1221 – 1284
  33. Pope Clement V 1264 – 1314
  34. Duns Scotus 1266 – 1308
  35. Pope Benedict XII 1280 – 1342
  36. Pope Innocent VI c. 1284 – 1362
  37. Edward II 1284 – 1327
  38. Murad I 1326 – 1389
  39. Pope Urban IV c. 1185 – 1264
  40. Henry III of England 1207 – 1272
  41. Pope Gregory X 1210 – 1276
  42. Pope Clement VI 1291 – 1352
  43. Pope Urban VI c. 1318 – 1389
  44. Robert the Bruce 1274 – 1329
  45. Nasir al-Din al-Tusi 1201 – 1274
  46. Ramon Llull c. 1233 – c. 1316
  47. Pope Benedict XI 1240 – 1304
  48. Meister Eckhart c. 1260 – c. 1328
  49. Pope Clement IV 1190 – 1268
  50. Pope Nicholas III 1210s – 1280
  51. Pope Innocent V 1225 – 1276
  52. Pope Nicholas IV 1227 – 1292
  53. Pope John XXI c. 1213 – 1277
  54. Pope Adrian V 1205 – 1276
  55. Pope Martin IV 1220 – 1285
  56. Philip III of France 1245 – 1285
  57. Philip VI of France 1293 – 1350
  58. Pope Honorius IV c. 1210 – 1287
  59. Bridget of Sweden 1303 – 1373
  60. Louis X of France 1289 – 1316
  61. John II of France 1319 – 1364
  62. Charles IV of France 1294 – 1328
  63. Duccio c. 1255 – 1319
  64. Rudolf I of Germany 1218 – 1291
  65. Charles I of Anjou 1226 – 1285
  66. Cimabue c. 1240 – 1302
  67. Yunus Emre c. 1241 – c. 1321
  68. Casimir III the Great 1310 – 1370