Who Was Alive

Were Mansa Musa and Ibn Battuta alive at the same time?

Yes. Mansa Musa and Ibn Battuta were alive at the same time for 32 or 33 years, from 1304 to 1337.

Ibn Battuta was 32 or 33 when Mansa Musa died.

Mansa Musa

Mansa Musa

Mansa

Born c. 1280 · died 1337

Ibn Battuta

Ibn Battuta

Explorer

Born 24 February 1304 · died c. 1368

  1. Marco Polo, 1254 – 1324
  2. Dante Alighieri, c. 1265 – 1321
  3. Mansa Musa, c. 1280 – 1337
  4. Ibn Battuta, 1304 – c. 1368
  5. Petrarch, 1304 – 1374
  6. Ibn Khaldun, c. 1332 – c. 1406
  7. Geoffrey Chaucer, c. 1343 – c. 1400

Mansa Musa and Ibn Battuta in bold, with some of their best-known contemporaries; dashed lines mark world events. Drag across, or use the arrow keys, to see the age each reached in any year. Faded ends mark uncertain dates.

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Where Mansa Musa and Ibn Battuta were born

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