Who Was Alive

Were Murad I and Ibn Khaldun alive at the same time?

Yes. Murad I and Ibn Khaldun were alive at the same time for 56 or 57 years, from 1331–1332 to 1389.

Murad I was 5 or 6 when Ibn Khaldun was born.

Ibn Khaldun was 56 or 57 when Murad I died, aged 63.

Murad I

Murad I

Sultan of the Ottoman Empire

Born 29 June 1326 · died 28 June 1389, aged 63

Ibn Khaldun

Ibn Khaldun

Historian

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

  1. Ibn Battuta, 1304 – c. 1368
  2. Petrarch, 1304 – 1374
  3. Hafez, c. 1325 – c. 1390
  4. Murad I, 1326 – 1389
  5. Ibn Khaldun, c. 1332 – c. 1406
  6. Timur, 1336 – 1405
  7. Geoffrey Chaucer, c. 1343 – c. 1400

Murad I 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 Murad I and Ibn Khaldun were born

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