Who Was Alive

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

Yes. Mansa Musa and Ibn Khaldun were alive at the same time for 4 or 5 years, from 1331–1332 to 1337.

Ibn Khaldun was 4 or 5 when Mansa Musa died.

Mansa Musa

Mansa Musa

Mansa

Born c. 1280 · died 1337

Ibn Khaldun

Ibn Khaldun

Historian

Born 1331–1332 · died 1405–1406, aged 73 or 74

  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. Hafez, c. 1325 – c. 1390
  7. Ibn Khaldun, c. 1332 – c. 1406
  8. Timur, 1336 – 1405
  9. Geoffrey Chaucer, c. 1343 – c. 1400

Mansa Musa and Ibn Khaldun 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 Khaldun were born

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