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Ja'far al-Sadiq
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Ja'far al-Sadiq

Imam

Born AD 698–702 · died AD 764–765
Also known as Jaafar Al-Sadiq, Imam Jaafar Al-Sadiq

Who was alive at the same time as Ja'far al-Sadiq?

  1. Wu Zetian, AD 624 – AD 705
  2. Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan, c. AD 646 – AD 705
  3. Pope Sisinnius, c. AD 650 – AD 708
  4. Pope John VII, AD 650 – AD 707
  5. Pope John VI, AD 655 – AD 705
  6. Pope Gregory II, AD 669 – AD 731
  7. Bede, c. AD 672 – AD 735
  8. John of Damascus, c. AD 675 – AD 749
  9. Pope Zachary, AD 679 – AD 752
  10. Charles Martel, AD 688 – AD 741
  11. Ja'far al-Sadiq, c. AD 701 – c. AD 765
  12. Abu Hanifa, AD 699 – c. AD 768
  13. Pope Adrian I, AD 700 – AD 795
  14. Pope Paul I, AD 700 – AD 767
  15. Li Bai, AD 701 – AD 762
  16. Malik ibn Anas, c. AD 711 – AD 795
  17. Du Fu, AD 712 – AD 770
  18. Pope Stephen II, c. AD 714 – AD 757
  19. Pepin the Short, c. AD 716 – AD 768
  20. Pope Stephen III, c. AD 720 – AD 772
  21. Jabir ibn Hayyan, AD 721 – AD 815
  22. Charlemagne, c. AD 744 – AD 814
  23. Pope Leo III, AD 750 – c. AD 816
  24. Abu Nuwas, c. AD 759 – AD 814

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When Ja'far al-Sadiq died, Abu Hanifa was 65 or 66, Al-Mansur was 51 or 52, Leo IV the Khazar was 14 or 15, Musa al-Kazim was 19 or 20 and Ibn Ishaq was 60 or 61.

Born during Ja'far al-Sadiq’s lifetime: Charlemagne, Abu Nuwas, Du Fu, Jabir ibn Hayyan, Pope Leo III, Pepin the Short, Pope Stephen III and Pope Stephen II.

Not quite contemporaries: Al-Khwarizmi was born about 13 years after Ja'far al-Sadiq died, Harun al-Rashid was born about a year after Ja'far al-Sadiq died, Louis the Pious was born about 13 years after Ja'far al-Sadiq died and Pope Benedict II died about 14 years before Ja'far al-Sadiq was born.

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Where Ja'far al-Sadiq’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 Ja'far al-Sadiq. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in AD 734.

  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. Abu Hanifa AD 699 – c. AD 768
  7. Bede c. AD 672 – AD 735
  8. Pope Gregory II AD 669 – AD 731
  9. Charles Martel AD 688 – AD 741
  10. Pope Leo III AD 750 – c. AD 816
  11. Pope Adrian I AD 700 – AD 795
  12. Pepin the Short c. AD 716 – AD 768
  13. Pope Paul I AD 700 – AD 767
  14. John of Damascus c. AD 675 – AD 749
  15. Pope John VII AD 650 – AD 707
  16. Pope Stephen III c. AD 720 – AD 772
  17. Pope John VI AD 655 – AD 705
  18. Pope Zachary AD 679 – AD 752
  19. Pope Stephen II c. AD 714 – AD 757
  20. Wu Zetian AD 624 – AD 705
  21. Pope Sisinnius c. AD 650 – AD 708
  22. Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan c. AD 646 – AD 705
  23. Malik ibn Anas c. AD 711 – AD 795
  24. Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz AD 681 – c. AD 720
  25. Leo III the Isaurian AD 675 – AD 741
  26. Irene of Athens c. AD 752 – AD 803
  27. Rabia Basri 710s – AD 801
  28. Alcuin c. AD 740 – AD 804
  29. Justinian II AD 669 – AD 711
  30. Tariq ibn Ziyad AD 670 – AD 720
  31. Abd al-Rahman I AD 731 – AD 788
  32. Roland AD 737 – AD 778
  33. Padmasambhava AD 717 – AD 762
  34. Constantine V AD 718 – AD 775
  35. Nikephoros I c. AD 750 – AD 811
  36. Ali al-Sajjad AD 659 – AD 713
  37. Pelagius of Asturias c. AD 685 – AD 737
  38. Wang Wei AD 699 – c. AD 760
  39. Al-Mansur AD 713 – AD 775
  40. Carloman I AD 751 – AD 771
  41. Abu Muslim c. AD 719 – AD 755
  42. Paul the Deacon c. AD 720 – c. AD 799
  43. Leo IV the Khazar AD 750 – AD 780
  44. Leontius AD 660 – AD 706
  45. Al-Walid I AD 668 – AD 715
  46. Saint Boniface c. AD 675 – AD 754
  47. Sulayman ibn Abd al-Malik AD 675 – AD 717
  48. Al-Saffah AD 722 – AD 754
  49. Musa al-Kazim AD 745 – c. AD 799
  50. Krum AD 755 – AD 814
  51. Muhammad al-Baqir AD 677 – AD 733
  52. Roderic AD 688 – AD 711
  53. Marwan II AD 688 – AD 750
  54. Dagobert III c. AD 698 – AD 715
  55. Al-Walid II 700s – AD 744
  56. Ibn Ishaq AD 704 – AD 768
  57. Al-Mahdi AD 744 – AD 785
  58. Childebert III AD 678 – AD 711
  59. Emperor Xuanzong of Tang c. AD 684 – c. AD 765
  60. Theuderic IV c. AD 713 – AD 737
  61. Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik AD 691 – AD 743
  62. Theophanes the Confessor AD 759 – AD 817
  63. Chilperic II c. AD 673 – AD 721
  64. Hasan al-Basri AD 642 – AD 728
  65. Pepin of Herstal c. AD 645 – AD 714
  66. Empress Jitō AD 645 – AD 703
  67. Al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf AD 661 – AD 714
  68. Yazid II AD 687 – AD 724
  69. Yazid III AD 701 – AD 744
  70. Desiderius c. AD 710 – c. AD 786
  71. Al-Hadi c. AD 763 – AD 786
  72. Empress Genmei AD 661 – AD 721
  73. Kahina AD 668 – AD 703
  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