Who Was Alive

Were Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj and Alfred the Great alive at the same time?

Yes. Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj and Alfred the Great were alive at the same time, from AD 849 to AD 875.

Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj was 27 or 28 when Alfred the Great was born.

Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj

Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj

Muhaddith

Born AD 821 · died AD 875

Alfred the Great

Alfred the Great

Monarch of England

Born AD 849 · died c. AD 899

  1. Al-Khwarizmi, c. AD 780 – c. AD 850
  2. Louis the Pious, AD 778 – AD 840
  3. Al-Kindi, c. AD 801 – c. AD 872
  4. Muhammad al-Bukhari, AD 810 – AD 870
  5. Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj, AD 821 – AD 875
  6. Charles the Bald, AD 823 – AD 877
  7. Alfred the Great, AD 849 – c. AD 899
  8. Abu Bakr al-Razi, AD 866 – AD 925
  9. Al-Farabi, c. AD 870 – AD 951

Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj 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 Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj and Alfred the Great were born

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