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Marwan II
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Marwan II

Caliph

Born AD 688 · died 6 August AD 750, aged 61 or 62
Also known as Marwan ibn Muhammad ibn Marwan

Who was alive at the same time as Marwan II?

  1. Wu Zetian, AD 624 – AD 705
  2. Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan, c. AD 646 – AD 705
  3. Pope Sisinnius, c. AD 650 – AD 708
  4. Pope John VII, AD 650 – AD 707
  5. Pope Sergius I, AD 650 – AD 701
  6. Pope John VI, AD 655 – AD 705
  7. Pope Gregory II, AD 669 – AD 731
  8. Bede, c. AD 672 – AD 735
  9. John of Damascus, c. AD 675 – AD 749
  10. Pope Zachary, AD 679 – AD 752
  11. Marwan II, AD 688 – AD 750
  12. Charles Martel, AD 688 – AD 741
  13. Ja'far al-Sadiq, c. AD 701 – c. AD 765
  14. Abu Hanifa, AD 699 – c. AD 768
  15. Pope Adrian I, AD 700 – AD 795
  16. Pope Paul I, AD 700 – AD 767
  17. Li Bai, AD 701 – AD 762
  18. Malik ibn Anas, c. AD 711 – AD 795
  19. Du Fu, AD 712 – AD 770
  20. Pope Stephen II, c. AD 714 – AD 757
  21. Pepin the Short, c. AD 716 – AD 768
  22. Pope Stephen III, c. AD 720 – AD 772
  23. Jabir ibn Hayyan, AD 721 – AD 815
  24. Charlemagne, c. AD 744 – AD 814

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When Marwan II was born, Pope Gregory II was 18 or 19, Pope John VII was 37 or 38, Pope Sergius I was 37 or 38, Pope John VI was 32 or 33 and Pope Zachary was 8 or 9.

When Marwan II died, Li Bai was 49, Du Fu was 37 or 38, Jabir ibn Hayyan was 28 or 29, Abu Hanifa was 50 and Pope Adrian I was 49 or 50.

Born during Marwan II’s lifetime: Li Bai, Charlemagne, Du Fu, Jabir ibn Hayyan, Abu Hanifa, Pope Adrian I, Pepin the Short and Pope Paul I.

Not quite contemporaries: Abu Nuwas was born about 4 years after Marwan II died, Aisha died about 8 years before Marwan II was born, Husayn ibn Ali died about 8 years before Marwan II was born and Mu'awiya I died about 8 years before Marwan II was born.

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Where Marwan II’s contemporaries were born

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The 79 best-known contemporaries

79 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Marwan II. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in AD 720.

  1. Li Bai AD 701 – AD 762
  2. Charlemagne c. AD 744 – AD 814
  3. Du Fu AD 712 – AD 770
  4. Jabir ibn Hayyan AD 721 – AD 815
  5. Abu Hanifa AD 699 – c. AD 768
  6. Bede c. AD 672 – AD 735
  7. Pope Gregory II AD 669 – AD 731
  8. Charles Martel AD 688 – AD 741
  9. Pope Adrian I AD 700 – AD 795
  10. Pepin the Short c. AD 716 – AD 768
  11. Pope Paul I AD 700 – AD 767
  12. John of Damascus c. AD 675 – AD 749
  13. Pope John VII AD 650 – AD 707
  14. Pope Sergius I AD 650 – AD 701
  15. Pope Stephen III c. AD 720 – AD 772
  16. Pope John VI AD 655 – AD 705
  17. Pope Zachary AD 679 – AD 752
  18. Pope Stephen II c. AD 714 – AD 757
  19. Ja'far al-Sadiq c. AD 701 – c. AD 765
  20. Wu Zetian AD 624 – AD 705
  21. Pope Sisinnius c. AD 650 – AD 708
  22. Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan c. AD 646 – AD 705
  23. Malik ibn Anas c. AD 711 – AD 795
  24. Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz AD 681 – c. AD 720
  25. Leo III the Isaurian AD 675 – AD 741
  26. Rabia Basri 710s – AD 801
  27. Alcuin c. AD 740 – AD 804
  28. Justinian II AD 669 – AD 711
  29. Tariq ibn Ziyad AD 670 – AD 720
  30. Abd al-Rahman I AD 731 – AD 788
  31. Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr AD 624 – AD 692
  32. Roland AD 737 – AD 778
  33. Padmasambhava AD 717 – AD 762
  34. Constantine V AD 718 – AD 775
  35. Ali al-Sajjad AD 659 – AD 713
  36. Pelagius of Asturias c. AD 685 – AD 737
  37. Asparuh of Bulgaria c. AD 640 – c. AD 701
  38. Wang Wei AD 699 – c. AD 760
  39. Al-Mansur AD 713 – AD 775
  40. Abu Muslim c. AD 719 – AD 755
  41. Paul the Deacon c. AD 720 – c. AD 799
  42. Leo IV the Khazar AD 750 – AD 780
  43. Leontius AD 660 – AD 706
  44. Al-Walid I AD 668 – AD 715
  45. Saint Boniface c. AD 675 – AD 754
  46. Sulayman ibn Abd al-Malik AD 675 – AD 717
  47. Al-Saffah AD 722 – AD 754
  48. Musa al-Kazim AD 745 – c. AD 799
  49. Isaac the Syrian c. AD 640 – c. AD 700
  50. Muhammad al-Baqir AD 677 – AD 733
  51. Roderic AD 688 – AD 711
  52. Dagobert III c. AD 698 – AD 715
  53. Al-Walid II 700s – AD 744
  54. Ibn Ishaq AD 704 – AD 768
  55. Al-Mahdi AD 744 – AD 785
  56. Childebert III AD 678 – AD 711
  57. Emperor Xuanzong of Tang c. AD 684 – c. AD 765
  58. Theuderic IV c. AD 713 – AD 737
  59. Abd Allah ibn Umar ibn al-Khattab c. AD 610 – AD 693
  60. Theuderic III 650s – AD 691
  61. Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik AD 691 – AD 743
  62. Chilperic II c. AD 673 – AD 721
  63. Clovis IV c. AD 677 – AD 695
  64. Hasan al-Basri AD 642 – AD 728
  65. Pepin of Herstal c. AD 645 – AD 714
  66. Empress Jitō AD 645 – AD 703
  67. Al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf AD 661 – AD 714
  68. Yazid II AD 687 – AD 724
  69. Yazid III AD 701 – AD 744
  70. Desiderius c. AD 710 – c. AD 786
  71. Empress Genmei AD 661 – AD 721
  72. Kahina AD 668 – AD 703
  73. Anas ibn Malik AD 611 – AD 713
  74. Muhammad ibn al-Qasim AD 695 – AD 715
  75. Liutprand, King of the Lombards c. 680s – AD 744
  76. Chlothar IV c. AD 685 – AD 719
  77. Shantideva c. AD 685 – c. AD 763
  78. Emperor Kanmu AD 737 – AD 806
  79. Carloman c. AD 710 – AD 754