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Mahmud of Ghazni
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Mahmud of Ghazni

Sultan of the Ghaznavid Empire

Born 2 November AD 971 · died 30 April 1030, aged 58
Also known as Sultan Mahmood Ghaznavi, Mahmud of Ghazna

Who was alive at the same time as Mahmud of Ghazni?

  1. Otto the Great, AD 912 – AD 973
  2. Hugh Capet, AD 940 – AD 996
  3. Sviatoslav I, c. AD 942 – AD 972
  4. Ferdowsi, AD 940 – c. 1020
  5. Vladimir the Great, c. AD 956 – 1015
  6. Ibn al-Haytham, c. AD 965 – 1039
  7. Sei Shōnagon, c. AD 966 – c. 1025
  8. Leif Erikson, c. AD 972 – c. 1020
  9. Mahmud of Ghazni, AD 971 – 1030
  10. Pope Gregory V, AD 972 – AD 999
  11. Stephen I of Hungary, c. AD 975 – 1038
  12. Pope John XIX, c. AD 975 – 1032
  13. Al-Biruni, AD 973 – 1048
  14. Avicenna, c. AD 981 – 1037
  15. Pope Benedict VIII, c. AD 980 – 1024
  16. Pope Nicholas II, 990s – 1061
  17. Cnut, AD 994 – 1035
  18. Pope Gregory VI, c. 1000 – 1048
  19. Pope Damasus II, c. 1000 – 1048
  20. Pope Leo IX, 1002 – 1054
  21. Pope Clement II, 1005 – 1047
  22. Pope Alexander II, 1010s – 1073
  23. Harold Godwinson, c. 1023 – 1066
  24. William the Conqueror, c. 1028 – 1087

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When Mahmud of Ghazni was born, Ferdowsi was 31, Otto the Great was 58, Hugh Capet was 30 or 31, Basil II was 12 or 13 and Bolesław I the Brave was 3 or 4.

When Mahmud of Ghazni died, Al-Biruni was 56, Cnut was 35 or 36, Pope Leo IX was 27, Pope Clement II was 24 and Yaroslav the Wise was 51 or 52.

Born during Mahmud of Ghazni’s lifetime: Avicenna, William the Conqueror, Al-Biruni, Pope Gregory V, Cnut, Pope Leo IX, Pope Alexander II and Harold Godwinson.

Not quite contemporaries: Pope Urban II was born about 3 years after Mahmud of Ghazni died, Anselm of Canterbury was born about a year after Mahmud of Ghazni died, Pope John XII died about 7 years before Mahmud of Ghazni was born and Pope Benedict V died about 6 years before Mahmud of Ghazni was born.

Where Mahmud of Ghazni’s contemporaries were born

Mahmud of Ghazni is labelled; the others are the best-known people we track who lived at the same time. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (37 of 41 placed); tap one to open that person.
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Compare Mahmud of Ghazni

The 40 best-known contemporaries

40 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Mahmud of Ghazni. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in 1001.

  1. Avicenna c. AD 981 – 1037
  2. Ferdowsi AD 940 – c. 1020
  3. William the Conqueror c. 1028 – 1087
  4. Al-Biruni AD 973 – 1048
  5. Ibn al-Haytham c. AD 965 – 1039
  6. Leif Erikson c. AD 972 – c. 1020
  7. Otto the Great AD 912 – AD 973
  8. Vladimir the Great c. AD 956 – 1015
  9. Hugh Capet AD 940 – AD 996
  10. Pope Gregory V AD 972 – AD 999
  11. Cnut AD 994 – 1035
  12. Pope Leo IX 1002 – 1054
  13. Pope Alexander II 1010s – 1073
  14. Sviatoslav I c. AD 942 – AD 972
  15. Harold Godwinson c. 1023 – 1066
  16. Pope Benedict VIII c. AD 980 – 1024
  17. Pope Gregory VI c. 1000 – 1048
  18. Pope Clement II 1005 – 1047
  19. Stephen I of Hungary c. AD 975 – 1038
  20. Pope Nicholas II 990s – 1061
  21. Pope John XIX c. AD 975 – 1032
  22. Pope Damasus II c. 1000 – 1048
  23. Sei Shōnagon c. AD 966 – c. 1025
  24. Pope Sergius IV c. AD 970 – 1012
  25. Basil II AD 958 – 1025
  26. Pope Victor III c. 1028 – 1087
  27. Bolesław I the Brave AD 967 – 1025
  28. Pope Sylvester III c. 1000 – c. 1065
  29. Erik the Red c. AD 950 – 1003
  30. Yaroslav the Wise AD 978 – 1054
  31. Alp Arslan 1029 – 1072
  32. Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor AD 955 – AD 983
  33. Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor AD 973 – 1024
  34. Henry I of France 1008 – 1060
  35. Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor AD 980 – 1002
  36. Robert II of France AD 972 – 1031
  37. Al-Ma'arri AD 973 – 1057
  38. Guido of Arezzo c. AD 992 – 1050
  39. Anne of Kiev c. 1025 – 1070s
  40. Harald Hardrada c. 1015 – 1066