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Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj
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Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj

Muhaddith

Born AD 821 · died AD 875
Also known as Muslim ibn al-Ḥajjāj, Imam Muslim

Who was alive at the same time as Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj?

  1. Pope Paschal I, c. AD 775 – AD 824
  2. Al-Khwarizmi, c. AD 780 – c. AD 850
  3. Pope Eugene II, c. AD 780 – AD 827
  4. Louis the Pious, AD 778 – AD 840
  5. Ahmad ibn Hanbal, AD 780 – AD 855
  6. Pope Leo IV, c. AD 790 – AD 855
  7. Pope Sergius II, c. AD 790 – AD 847
  8. Pope Adrian II, AD 792 – AD 872
  9. Pope Gregory IV, c. AD 795 – AD 844
  10. Al-Kindi, c. AD 801 – c. AD 872
  11. Pope Benedict III, c. AD 810 – AD 858
  12. Muhammad al-Bukhari, AD 810 – AD 870
  13. Pope Formosus, c. AD 816 – AD 896
  14. Pope John VIII, c. AD 820 – AD 882
  15. Pope Nicholas I, c. AD 820 – AD 867
  16. Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj, AD 821 – AD 875
  17. Charles the Bald, AD 823 – AD 877
  18. Pope Marinus I, AD 830 – AD 884
  19. Pope John IX, c. AD 840 – AD 900
  20. Alfred the Great, AD 849 – c. AD 899
  21. Pope Sergius III, c. AD 860 – AD 911
  22. Pope John X, c. AD 860 – c. AD 929
  23. Abu Bakr al-Razi, AD 866 – AD 925
  24. Al-Farabi, c. AD 870 – AD 951

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When Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj was born, Louis the Pious was 42 or 43, Muhammad al-Bukhari was 10 or 11, Ahmad ibn Hanbal was 40 or 41, Pope Adrian II was 28 or 29 and Lothair I was 25 or 26.

When Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj died, Charles the Bald was 51 or 52, Leo VI the Wise was 8 or 9 and Robert I of France was 14 or 15.

Born during Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj’s lifetime: Alfred the Great, Al-Farabi, Abu Bakr al-Razi, Charles the Bald, Pope Sergius III, Pope Marinus I, Pope John X and Pope John IX.

Not quite contemporaries: Charlemagne died about 7 years before Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj was born, Abu Nuwas died about 7 years before Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj was born, Jabir ibn Hayyan died about 5 years before Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj was born and Harun al-Rashid died about 12 years before Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj was born.

Where Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj’s contemporaries were born

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The 50 best-known contemporaries

50 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in AD 849.

  1. Al-Khwarizmi c. AD 780 – c. AD 850
  2. Alfred the Great AD 849 – c. AD 899
  3. Al-Farabi c. AD 870 – AD 951
  4. Abu Bakr al-Razi AD 866 – AD 925
  5. Louis the Pious AD 778 – AD 840
  6. Al-Kindi c. AD 801 – c. AD 872
  7. Charles the Bald AD 823 – AD 877
  8. Muhammad al-Bukhari AD 810 – AD 870
  9. Pope Gregory IV c. AD 795 – AD 844
  10. Pope John VIII c. AD 820 – AD 882
  11. Ahmad ibn Hanbal AD 780 – AD 855
  12. Pope Adrian II AD 792 – AD 872
  13. Pope Leo IV c. AD 790 – AD 855
  14. Pope Formosus c. AD 816 – AD 896
  15. Pope Paschal I c. AD 775 – AD 824
  16. Pope Sergius III c. AD 860 – AD 911
  17. Pope Eugene II c. AD 780 – AD 827
  18. Pope Benedict III c. AD 810 – AD 858
  19. Pope Marinus I AD 830 – AD 884
  20. Pope John X c. AD 860 – c. AD 929
  21. Pope Nicholas I c. AD 820 – AD 867
  22. Pope John IX c. AD 840 – AD 900
  23. Pope Sergius II c. AD 790 – AD 847
  24. Pope Valentine c. AD 780 – AD 827
  25. Pope Theodore II AD 840 – AD 897
  26. Charles the Fat c. AD 836 – AD 888
  27. Rudaki AD 859 – AD 941
  28. Rurik AD 830 – AD 879
  29. Al-Tabari c. AD 839 – AD 922
  30. Lothair I AD 795 – AD 855
  31. Al-Hallaj c. AD 858 – AD 922
  32. John Scotus Eriugena 800s – AD 877
  33. Louis the German c. AD 806 – AD 876
  34. Arnulf of Carinthia c. AD 850 – AD 899
  35. Leo VI the Wise AD 866 – AD 912
  36. Al-Ma'mun c. AD 786 – c. AD 833
  37. Robert I of France AD 860 – AD 923
  38. Bai Juyi AD 772 – AD 846
  39. Al-Jahiz AD 775 – c. AD 869
  40. Ecgberht, King of Wessex AD 771 – AD 839
  41. Han Yu AD 768 – AD 824
  42. Michael I Rangabe c. AD 770 – AD 844
  43. Michael II AD 770 – AD 829
  44. Abd ar-Rahman II AD 792 – AD 852
  45. Einhard c. AD 774 – AD 840
  46. Kūkai AD 774 – AD 835
  47. Al-Mu'tasim AD 796 – AD 842
  48. Rabanus Maurus c. AD 783 – AD 856
  49. Babak Khorramdin AD 798 – AD 838
  50. Alfonso II of Asturias AD 759 – AD 842