Who Was Alive

Were Muhammad al-Bukhari and Alfred the Great alive at the same time?

Yes. Muhammad al-Bukhari and Alfred the Great were alive at the same time for 20 or 21 years, from AD 849 to AD 870.

Muhammad al-Bukhari was 38 or 39 when Alfred the Great was born.

Alfred the Great was 20 or 21 when Muhammad al-Bukhari died, aged 60.

Muhammad al-Bukhari

Muhammad al-Bukhari

Muhaddith

Born 20 July AD 810 · died 31 August AD 870, aged 60

Alfred the Great

Alfred the Great

Monarch of England

Born AD 849 · died c. AD 899

  1. Jabir ibn Hayyan, AD 721 – AD 815
  2. Charlemagne, c. AD 744 – AD 814
  3. Abu Nuwas, c. AD 759 – AD 814
  4. Al-Khwarizmi, c. AD 780 – c. AD 850
  5. Al-Kindi, c. AD 801 – c. AD 872
  6. Muhammad al-Bukhari, AD 810 – AD 870
  7. Charles the Bald, AD 823 – AD 877
  8. Alfred the Great, AD 849 – c. AD 899
  9. Abu Bakr al-Razi, AD 866 – AD 925
  10. Al-Farabi, c. AD 870 – AD 951

Muhammad al-Bukhari and Alfred the Great 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 Muhammad al-Bukhari and Alfred the Great were born

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