Malik ibn Anas

Islamic jurist and theologian

Born c. AD 711 · died 7 June AD 795
Also known as Mālik b. Anas, Imam Malik

Who was alive at the same time as Malik ibn Anas?

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When Malik ibn Anas died, Jabir ibn Hayyan was 73 or 74, Harun al-Rashid was 29, Pope Leo III was 44 or 45, Louis the Pious was 16 or 17 and Pope Adrian I was 94 or 95.

Born during Malik ibn Anas’s lifetime: Charlemagne, Al-Khwarizmi, Abu Nuwas, Jabir ibn Hayyan, Harun al-Rashid, Adi Shankara, Pope Leo III and Louis the Pious.

Not quite contemporaries: Al-Kindi was born about 4 years after Malik ibn Anas died, Pope John VII died about 2 years before Malik ibn Anas was born, Pope Sergius I died about 8 years before Malik ibn Anas was born and Pope Benedict III was born about 13 years after Malik ibn Anas died.

What happened in Malik ibn Anas’s lifetime

Battle of Tours AD 732
An Lushan rebellion AD 755–AD 763

Where Malik ibn Anas’s contemporaries were born

Malik ibn Anas is labelled; the others are the best-known people we track who lived at the same time. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (71 of 81 placed); tap one to open that person.

Birthplaces as a list

Malik ibn Anas: Medina
Pope Gregory II: Rome
Bede: Jarrow
John of Damascus: Damascus
Charles Martel: Herstal
Abu Hanifa: Kufa
Pope Adrian I: Rome
Pope Paul I: Rome
Li Bai: Suyab
Du Fu: Gongyi
Pepin the Short: Liège
Jabir ibn Hayyan: Tus
Charlemagne: Franciaf
Pope Leo III: Rome
Abu Nuwas: Ahvaz
Harun al-Rashid: Ray
Al-Shafi'i: Gaza City
Pope Paschal I: Rome
Louis the Pious: Chasseneuil-du-Poitou
Ahmad ibn Hanbal: Baghdad
Adi Shankara: Kalady
Pope Leo IV: Rome
Pope Adrian II: Rome
Pope Stephen III: Syracuse
Pope Eugene II: Rome
Pope Zachary: Santa Severina
Pope Stephen II: Rome
Ja'far al-Sadiq: Medina
Pope Stephen IV: Rome
Pope Sergius II: Rome
Pope Valentine: Rome
Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz: Medina
Leo III the Isaurian: Kahramanmaraş
Irene of Athens: Athens
Rabia Basri: Basra
Alcuin: York
Tariq ibn Ziyad: Khenchela
Abd al-Rahman I: Damascus
Al-Ma'mun: Baghdad
Constantine V: Constantinople
Nikephoros I: Pisidia
Bai Juyi: Xinzheng
Al-Jahiz: Basra
Ecgberht, King of Wessex: Kingdom of Wessex
Han Yu: Meng Prefecture
Ali al-Rida: Medina
Wang Wei: Yongji
Al-Mansur: Humayma
Carloman I: Soissons
Michael I Rangabe: Constantinople
Leo V the Armenian: Ostikanate of Arminiya
Abu Muslim: Isfahan
Paul the Deacon: Cividale del Friuli
Leo IV the Khazar: Constantinople
Constantine VI: Constantinople
Al-Walid I: Medina
Saint Boniface: Crediton
Sulayman ibn Abd al-Malik: Medina
Al-Saffah: Humayma
Michael II: Amorium
Abd ar-Rahman II: Toledo
Musa al-Kazim: Al-Abwa
Krum: First Bulgarian Empire
Kūkai: Zentsū-ji Temple
Muhammad al-Baqir: Medina
Al-Walid II: Syria
Ibn Ishaq: Medina
Al-Mahdi: Humayma
Emperor Xuanzong of Tang: Chang'an
Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik: Damascus
Theophanes the Confessor: Constantinople

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The 99 best-known contemporaries

99 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Malik ibn Anas. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in AD 755.

Li Bai AD 701 – AD 762
Charlemagne c. AD 744 – AD 814
Al-Khwarizmi c. AD 780 – c. AD 850
Abu Nuwas c. AD 759 – AD 814
Du Fu AD 712 – AD 770
Jabir ibn Hayyan AD 721 – AD 815
Harun al-Rashid AD 766 – AD 809
Adi Shankara c. AD 788 – c. AD 821
Abu Hanifa AD 699 – c. AD 768
Bede c. AD 672 – AD 735
Pope Gregory II AD 669 – AD 731
Charles Martel AD 688 – AD 741
Pope Leo III AD 750 – c. AD 816
Louis the Pious AD 778 – AD 840
Pope Adrian I AD 700 – AD 795
Pepin the Short c. AD 716 – AD 768
Pope Paul I AD 700 – AD 767
John of Damascus c. AD 675 – AD 749
Al-Shafi'i AD 767 – AD 820
Ahmad ibn Hanbal AD 780 – AD 855
Pope Adrian II AD 792 – AD 872
Pope Leo IV c. AD 790 – AD 855
Pope Paschal I c. AD 775 – AD 824
Pope Stephen III c. AD 720 – AD 772
Pope Eugene II c. AD 780 – AD 827
Pope Zachary AD 679 – AD 752
Pope Stephen II c. AD 714 – AD 757
Ja'far al-Sadiq c. AD 701 – c. AD 765
Pope Stephen IV c. AD 770 – AD 817
Pope Sergius II c. AD 790 – AD 847
Pope Valentine c. AD 780 – AD 827
Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz AD 681 – c. AD 720
Leo III the Isaurian AD 675 – AD 741
Irene of Athens c. AD 752 – AD 803
Rabia Basri 710s – AD 801
Alcuin c. AD 740 – AD 804
Tariq ibn Ziyad AD 670 – AD 720
Abd al-Rahman I AD 731 – AD 788
Roland AD 737 – AD 778
Al-Ma'mun c. AD 786 – c. AD 833
Padmasambhava AD 717 – AD 762
Constantine V AD 718 – AD 775
Nikephoros I c. AD 750 – AD 811
Bai Juyi AD 772 – AD 846
Al-Jahiz AD 775 – c. AD 869
Ecgberht, King of Wessex AD 771 – AD 839
Pelagius of Asturias c. AD 685 – AD 737
Han Yu AD 768 – AD 824
Ali al-Rida AD 770 – AD 818
Wang Wei AD 699 – c. AD 760
Al-Mansur AD 713 – AD 775
Carloman I AD 751 – AD 771
Michael I Rangabe c. AD 770 – AD 844
Leo V the Armenian AD 775 – AD 820
Abu Muslim c. AD 719 – AD 755
Paul the Deacon c. AD 720 – c. AD 799
Leo IV the Khazar AD 750 – AD 780
Constantine VI AD 771 – c. AD 798
Al-Walid I AD 668 – AD 715
Saint Boniface c. AD 675 – AD 754
Sulayman ibn Abd al-Malik AD 675 – AD 717
Al-Saffah AD 722 – AD 754
Michael II AD 770 – AD 829
Staurakios AD 775 – AD 812
Abd ar-Rahman II AD 792 – AD 852
Musa al-Kazim AD 745 – c. AD 799
Krum AD 755 – AD 814
Einhard c. AD 774 – AD 840
Kūkai AD 774 – AD 835
Muhammad al-Baqir AD 677 – AD 733
Marwan II AD 688 – AD 750
Dagobert III c. AD 698 – AD 715
Al-Walid II 700s – AD 744
Ibn Ishaq AD 704 – AD 768
Al-Mahdi AD 744 – AD 785
Emperor Xuanzong of Tang c. AD 684 – c. AD 765
Theuderic IV c. AD 713 – AD 737
Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik AD 691 – AD 743
Theophanes the Confessor AD 759 – AD 817
Chilperic II c. AD 673 – AD 721
Hasan al-Basri AD 642 – AD 728
Pepin of Herstal c. AD 645 – AD 714
Rabanus Maurus c. AD 783 – AD 856
Al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf AD 661 – AD 714
Yazid II AD 687 – AD 724
Yazid III AD 701 – AD 744
Desiderius c. AD 710 – c. AD 786
Al-Hadi c. AD 763 – AD 786
Pepin of Italy AD 777 – AD 810
Al-Amin AD 787 – AD 813
Empress Genmei AD 661 – AD 721
Muhammad ibn al-Qasim AD 695 – AD 715
Liutprand, King of the Lombards c. 680s – AD 744
Chlothar IV c. AD 685 – AD 719
Shantideva c. AD 685 – c. AD 763
Emperor Kanmu AD 737 – AD 806
Hisham I of Córdoba AD 757 – AD 796
Carloman c. AD 710 – AD 754
Alfonso II of Asturias AD 759 – AD 842