Who Was Alive

Were Nasreddin and Dante Alighieri alive at the same time?

Yes. Nasreddin and Dante Alighieri were alive at the same time, from c. 1265 to 1284.

Nasreddin

Nasreddin

Kadi

Born 1208 · died 1284, aged 75 or 76

Dante Alighieri

Dante Alighieri

Poet and philosopher

Born c. 1265 · died 14 September 1321

  1. Genghis Khan, 1162 – 1227
  2. Rumi, 1207 – 1273
  3. Nasreddin, 1208 – 1284
  4. Thomas Aquinas, 1225 – 1274
  5. Marco Polo, 1254 – 1324
  6. Dante Alighieri, c. 1265 – 1321
  7. Ibn Battuta, 1304 – c. 1368
  8. Petrarch, 1304 – 1374

Nasreddin and Dante Alighieri 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 Nasreddin and Dante Alighieri were born

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