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Khosrow II
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Khosrow II

Sassanian governor

Born AD 570 · died 28 February AD 628, aged 57 or 58
Also known as Husraw II, Chosroës II, Chosroes II

Who was alive at the same time as Khosrow II?

  1. Pope Pelagius II, c. AD 520 – AD 590
  2. Pope Benedict I, c. AD 526 – AD 579
  3. Pope Gregory I, c. AD 541 – AD 604
  4. Isidore of Seville, c. AD 560 – AD 636
  5. Khosrow II, AD 570 – AD 628
  6. Pope Adeodatus I, AD 570 – AD 618
  7. Muhammad, AD 571 – AD 632
  8. Abu Bakr, c. AD 573 – AD 634
  9. Heraclius, c. AD 575 – AD 641
  10. Uthman, c. AD 575 – AD 656
  11. Pope Honorius I, c. AD 585 – AD 638
  12. Umar, c. AD 586 – AD 644
  13. Khalid ibn al-Walid, AD 586 – AD 642
  14. Brahmagupta, c. AD 598 – c. AD 670
  15. Pope John IV, c. AD 600 – AD 642
  16. Pope Martin I, AD 598 – AD 655
  17. Ali, AD 599 – AD 661
  18. Xuanzang, AD 602 – AD 664
  19. Mu'awiya I, AD 603 – AD 680
  20. Fatima, c. AD 610 – AD 632
  21. Pope Leo II, AD 611 – AD 683
  22. Aisha, AD 614 – c. AD 678
  23. Hasan ibn Ali, AD 625 – AD 669
  24. Husayn ibn Ali, AD 626 – AD 680

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When Khosrow II was born, Maurice was 30 or 31, Khosrow I was 68 or 69, Gregory of Tours was 31 or 32, Columba was 48 or 49 and Salman the Persian was 1 or 2.

When Khosrow II died, Muhammad was 56, Ali was 28, Aisha was 13 or 14, Husayn ibn Ali was 2 and Mu'awiya I was 24 or 25.

Born during Khosrow II’s lifetime: Muhammad, Umar, Ali, Abu Bakr, Brahmagupta, Uthman, Aisha and Husayn ibn Ali.

Not quite contemporaries: Justinian I died about 5 years before Khosrow II was born, Pope Benedict II was born about 7 years after Khosrow II died, Pope Pelagius I died about 9 years before Khosrow II was born and Pope John V was born about 7 years after Khosrow II died.

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The 112 best-known contemporaries

112 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Khosrow II. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in AD 600.

  1. Muhammad AD 571 – AD 632
  2. Umar c. AD 586 – AD 644
  3. Ali AD 599 – AD 661
  4. Abu Bakr c. AD 573 – AD 634
  5. Brahmagupta c. AD 598 – c. AD 670
  6. Pope Gregory I c. AD 541 – AD 604
  7. Uthman c. AD 575 – AD 656
  8. Aisha AD 614 – c. AD 678
  9. Husayn ibn Ali AD 626 – AD 680
  10. Fatima c. AD 610 – AD 632
  11. Mu'awiya I AD 603 – AD 680
  12. Heraclius c. AD 575 – AD 641
  13. Isidore of Seville c. AD 560 – AD 636
  14. Pope Honorius I c. AD 585 – AD 638
  15. Pope Pelagius II c. AD 520 – AD 590
  16. Hasan ibn Ali AD 625 – AD 669
  17. Pope Benedict I c. AD 526 – AD 579
  18. Pope Martin I AD 598 – AD 655
  19. Pope Leo II AD 611 – AD 683
  20. Khalid ibn al-Walid AD 586 – AD 642
  21. Pope John IV c. AD 600 – AD 642
  22. Xuanzang AD 602 – AD 664
  23. Pope Adeodatus I AD 570 – AD 618
  24. Pope Agatho AD 574 – AD 681
  25. Pope Vitalian c. AD 600 – AD 672
  26. Pope Boniface IV c. AD 550 – AD 615
  27. Wu Zetian AD 624 – AD 705
  28. Pope Sabinian c. AD 530 – AD 606
  29. Pope Boniface III c. AD 540 – AD 607
  30. Amina bint Wahb c. 550s – c. AD 578
  31. Maurice AD 539 – AD 602
  32. Khosrow I AD 501 – AD 579
  33. Bilal ibn Rabah AD 581 – c. AD 642
  34. Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib c. AD 568 – AD 653
  35. Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr AD 624 – AD 692
  36. Justin II c. AD 520 – AD 578
  37. Phocas AD 547 – AD 610
  38. Abu Talib ibn Abd al-Muttalib c. AD 541 – AD 619
  39. Maximus the Confessor AD 579 – AD 662
  40. Hafsa bint Umar AD 604 – AD 665
  41. Ibn Abbas c. AD 619 – AD 688
  42. Cassiodorus c. AD 487 – AD 583
  43. Tiberius II Constantine c. AD 520 – AD 582
  44. Gregory of Tours AD 538 – AD 594
  45. Amr ibn al-As AD 570 – AD 664
  46. Emperor Taizong of Tang AD 598 – AD 649
  47. Heraclius Constantine AD 612 – AD 641
  48. Marwan I AD 623 – AD 685
  49. Columba AD 521 – AD 597
  50. Salman the Persian AD 568 – AD 657
  51. Chlothar II AD 584 – AD 629
  52. Zubayr ibn al-Awwam AD 594 – AD 656
  53. Emperor Gaozu of Tang AD 566 – AD 635
  54. Abu Sufyan c. AD 570 – c. AD 646
  55. Yazdegerd III AD 624 – AD 652
  56. Harsha AD 590 – AD 647
  57. Abu Hurayra AD 602 – AD 679
  58. Dagobert I c. AD 611 – AD 639
  59. Abd al-Muttalib c. AD 497 – AD 579
  60. Heraclonas AD 618 – AD 641
  61. Abu Ubayda ibn al-Jarrah AD 583 – AD 639
  62. Zaynab bint Jahsh AD 592 – AD 642
  63. Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas AD 595 – c. AD 675
  64. Hamza ibn Abd al-Muttalib AD 568 – AD 625
  65. Bhartṛhari AD 570 – c. AD 651
  66. Umm Salama AD 596 – AD 681
  67. Zaynab bint Ali c. AD 627 – c. AD 684
  68. Brendan the Navigator c. AD 486 – AD 577
  69. John Malalas c. AD 491 – c. AD 578
  70. Guntram c. AD 532 – c. AD 593
  71. Childebert II AD 570 – AD 596
  72. Sawdah bint Zam'ah AD 589 – AD 674
  73. Zaynab bint Khuzayma AD 595 – AD 625
  74. Talha ibn Ubayd Allah AD 595 – AD 656
  75. Penda of Mercia c. AD 606 – AD 655
  76. Abd Allah ibn Umar ibn al-Khattab c. AD 610 – AD 693
  77. Æthelberht of Kent AD 552 – AD 612
  78. John Climacus c. AD 579 – c. AD 649
  79. Umm Habiba c. AD 594 – AD 665
  80. Abd Allah ibn Mas'ud AD 594 – AD 653
  81. Columbanus c. AD 543 – AD 615
  82. Abu Lahab AD 549 – c. AD 625
  83. Abd al-Rahman ibn Awf c. AD 577 – c. AD 654
  84. Theophylact Simocatta AD 580 – AD 630
  85. Maymunah bint al-Harith c. AD 592 – AD 672
  86. Boran AD 590 – AD 632
  87. Safiyya bint Huyayy c. AD 610 – AD 670
  88. Juwayriya bint al-Harith AD 608 – AD 676
  89. Sigebert I AD 535 – AD 575
  90. Emperor Wen of Sui AD 541 – AD 604
  91. Empress Suiko AD 554 – AD 628
  92. Prince Shōtoku AD 574 – AD 622
  93. Ruqayya bint Muhammad c. AD 600 – AD 624
  94. Emperor Tenji AD 626 – AD 672
  95. Radegund AD 518 – AD 587
  96. Theudebert II AD 585 – AD 612
  97. Theuderic II AD 587 – AD 613
  98. Empress Kōgyoku AD 594 – AD 661
  99. Venantius Fortunatus c. AD 534 – AD 609
  100. Theodelinda c. AD 570 – c. AD 628
  101. Zayd ibn Haritha al-Kalbi AD 581 – AD 629
  102. Pepin of Landen c. AD 585 – AD 640
  103. Rayhana bint Zayd c. 590s – AD 631
  104. Sigebert II AD 602 – AD 613
  105. Anas ibn Malik AD 611 – AD 713
  106. Saint David AD 512 – AD 589
  107. Alboin c. AD 529 – AD 572
  108. Reccared I c. AD 560 – AD 601
  109. Ammar ibn Yasir AD 570 – AD 657
  110. Zainab bint Muhammad c. AD 599 – c. AD 629
  111. Kubrat c. AD 595 – AD 665
  112. Ardashir III AD 621 – AD 630