Who Was Alive
Musa al-Kazim
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Musa al-Kazim

Imam

Born AD 745 · died AD 798–799, aged 53 or 54
Also known as al-Kāẓim, Mūsā al-Kāẓim

Who was alive at the same time as Musa al-Kazim?

  1. John of Damascus, c. AD 675 – AD 749
  2. Abu Hanifa, AD 699 – c. AD 768
  3. Pope Adrian I, AD 700 – AD 795
  4. Pope Paul I, AD 700 – AD 767
  5. Li Bai, AD 701 – AD 762
  6. Du Fu, AD 712 – AD 770
  7. Pepin the Short, c. AD 716 – AD 768
  8. Pope Stephen III, c. AD 720 – AD 772
  9. Jabir ibn Hayyan, AD 721 – AD 815
  10. Charlemagne, c. AD 744 – AD 814
  11. Musa al-Kazim, AD 745 – c. AD 799
  12. Pope Leo III, AD 750 – c. AD 816
  13. Abu Nuwas, c. AD 759 – AD 814
  14. Harun al-Rashid, AD 766 – AD 809
  15. Al-Shafi'i, AD 767 – AD 820
  16. Pope Paschal I, c. AD 775 – AD 824
  17. Al-Khwarizmi, c. AD 780 – c. AD 850
  18. Pope Eugene II, c. AD 780 – AD 827
  19. Louis the Pious, AD 778 – AD 840
  20. Ahmad ibn Hanbal, AD 780 – AD 855
  21. Adi Shankara, c. AD 788 – c. AD 821
  22. Pope Leo IV, c. AD 790 – AD 855
  23. Pope Adrian II, AD 792 – AD 872
  24. Pope Gregory IV, c. AD 795 – AD 844

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When Musa al-Kazim was born, Li Bai was 43 or 44, Abu Hanifa was 45 or 46, Padmasambhava was 27 or 28, Al-Mansur was 31 or 32 and Ibn Ishaq was 40 or 41.

When Musa al-Kazim died, Harun al-Rashid was 32 or 33, Louis the Pious was 20 or 21, Al-Shafi'i was 31 or 32, Ahmad ibn Hanbal was 18 or 19 and Al-Ma'mun was 12 or 13.

Born during Musa al-Kazim’s lifetime: Al-Khwarizmi, Abu Nuwas, Harun al-Rashid, Adi Shankara, Pope Leo III, Louis the Pious, Pope Gregory IV and Al-Shafi'i.

Not quite contemporaries: Bede died about 10 years before Musa al-Kazim was born, Pope Gregory II died about 14 years before Musa al-Kazim was born, Charles Martel died about 4 years before Musa al-Kazim was born and Muhammad al-Bukhari was born about 11 years after Musa al-Kazim died.

What happened in Musa al-Kazim’s lifetime

Where Musa al-Kazim’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 Musa al-Kazim. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in AD 772.

  1. Li Bai AD 701 – AD 762
  2. Charlemagne c. AD 744 – AD 814
  3. Al-Khwarizmi c. AD 780 – c. AD 850
  4. Abu Nuwas c. AD 759 – AD 814
  5. Du Fu AD 712 – AD 770
  6. Jabir ibn Hayyan AD 721 – AD 815
  7. Harun al-Rashid AD 766 – AD 809
  8. Adi Shankara c. AD 788 – c. AD 821
  9. Abu Hanifa AD 699 – c. AD 768
  10. Pope Leo III AD 750 – c. AD 816
  11. Louis the Pious AD 778 – AD 840
  12. Pope Adrian I AD 700 – AD 795
  13. Pepin the Short c. AD 716 – AD 768
  14. Pope Gregory IV c. AD 795 – AD 844
  15. Pope Paul I AD 700 – AD 767
  16. John of Damascus c. AD 675 – AD 749
  17. Al-Shafi'i AD 767 – AD 820
  18. Ahmad ibn Hanbal AD 780 – AD 855
  19. Pope Adrian II AD 792 – AD 872
  20. Pope Leo IV c. AD 790 – AD 855
  21. Pope Paschal I c. AD 775 – AD 824
  22. Pope Stephen III c. AD 720 – AD 772
  23. Pope Eugene II c. AD 780 – AD 827
  24. Pope Zachary AD 679 – AD 752
  25. Pope Stephen II c. AD 714 – AD 757
  26. Ja'far al-Sadiq c. AD 701 – c. AD 765
  27. Pope Stephen IV c. AD 770 – AD 817
  28. Pope Sergius II c. AD 790 – AD 847
  29. Pope Valentine c. AD 780 – AD 827
  30. Malik ibn Anas c. AD 711 – AD 795
  31. Lothair I AD 795 – AD 855
  32. Irene of Athens c. AD 752 – AD 803
  33. Rabia Basri 710s – AD 801
  34. Alcuin c. AD 740 – AD 804
  35. Abd al-Rahman I AD 731 – AD 788
  36. Roland AD 737 – AD 778
  37. Al-Ma'mun c. AD 786 – c. AD 833
  38. Padmasambhava AD 717 – AD 762
  39. Constantine V AD 718 – AD 775
  40. Nikephoros I c. AD 750 – AD 811
  41. Bai Juyi AD 772 – AD 846
  42. Al-Jahiz AD 775 – c. AD 869
  43. Ecgberht, King of Wessex AD 771 – AD 839
  44. Han Yu AD 768 – AD 824
  45. Ali al-Rida AD 770 – AD 818
  46. Wang Wei AD 699 – c. AD 760
  47. Al-Mansur AD 713 – AD 775
  48. Carloman I AD 751 – AD 771
  49. Michael I Rangabe c. AD 770 – AD 844
  50. Leo V the Armenian AD 775 – AD 820
  51. Abu Muslim c. AD 719 – AD 755
  52. Paul the Deacon c. AD 720 – c. AD 799
  53. Leo IV the Khazar AD 750 – AD 780
  54. Constantine VI AD 771 – c. AD 798
  55. Saint Boniface c. AD 675 – AD 754
  56. Al-Saffah AD 722 – AD 754
  57. Michael II AD 770 – AD 829
  58. Staurakios AD 775 – AD 812
  59. Abd ar-Rahman II AD 792 – AD 852
  60. Krum AD 755 – AD 814
  61. Einhard c. AD 774 – AD 840
  62. Kūkai AD 774 – AD 835
  63. Al-Mu'tasim AD 796 – AD 842
  64. Marwan II AD 688 – AD 750
  65. Ibn Ishaq AD 704 – AD 768
  66. Al-Mahdi AD 744 – AD 785
  67. Emperor Xuanzong of Tang c. AD 684 – c. AD 765
  68. Theophanes the Confessor AD 759 – AD 817
  69. Rabanus Maurus c. AD 783 – AD 856
  70. Babak Khorramdin AD 798 – AD 838
  71. Desiderius c. AD 710 – c. AD 786
  72. Al-Hadi c. AD 763 – AD 786
  73. Pepin of Italy AD 777 – AD 810
  74. Al-Amin AD 787 – AD 813
  75. Shantideva c. AD 685 – c. AD 763
  76. Emperor Kanmu AD 737 – AD 806
  77. Hisham I of Córdoba AD 757 – AD 796
  78. Carloman c. AD 710 – AD 754
  79. Alfonso II of Asturias AD 759 – AD 842