Who Was Alive

Were Nasreddin and Marco Polo alive at the same time?

Yes. Nasreddin and Marco Polo were alive at the same time for 29 or 30 years, from 1254 to 1284.

Nasreddin was 45 or 46 when Marco Polo was born.

Marco Polo was 29 or 30 when Nasreddin died, aged 75 or 76.

Nasreddin

Nasreddin

Kadi

Born 1208 · died 1284, aged 75 or 76

Marco Polo

Marco Polo

Venetian explorer and merchant

Born 15 September 1254 · died 8 January 1324, aged 69

  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 Marco Polo 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 Marco Polo were born

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