Who Was Alive

Jabir ibn Hayyan

8th-century Islamic alchemist and author

Born AD 721 · died AD 815, aged 93 or 94

Who was alive at the same time as Jabir ibn Hayyan?

  1. Abū Ḥanīfa
  2. Li Bai
  3. Du Fu
  4. Jabir ibn Hayyan
  5. Charlemagne
  6. Abu Nuwas
  7. Harun al-Rashid
  8. Muḥammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi
  9. Ādi Shankara
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When Jabir ibn Hayyan was born, Li Bai was 19 or 20, Du Fu was 8 or 9 and Abū Ḥanīfa was 21 or 22.

Born during Jabir ibn Hayyan’s lifetime: Charlemagne, Muḥammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi, Abu Nuwas, Harun al-Rashid and Ādi Shankara.

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