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Nasreddin
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Nasreddin

Kadi

Born 1208 · died 1284, aged 75 or 76
Also known as Goha, Nastradin, Nasrudeen

Who was alive at the same time as Nasreddin?

  1. Pope Innocent III, 1160s – 1216
  2. Genghis Khan, 1162 – 1227
  3. Ibn Arabi, 1165 – 1240
  4. John, King of England, 1166 – 1216
  5. Pope Gregory IX, 1170 – 1241
  6. Shota Rustaveli, 1172 – 1216
  7. Francis of Assisi, c. 1182 – 1226
  8. Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, 1194 – 1250
  9. Albertus Magnus, c. 1200 – 1280
  10. Rumi, 1207 – 1273
  11. Nasreddin, 1208 – 1284
  12. Saadi Shirazi, c. 1210 – 1292
  13. Louis IX of France, c. 1215 – 1270
  14. Kublai Khan, 1215 – 1294
  15. Roger Bacon, c. 1220 – 1292
  16. Thomas Aquinas, 1225 – 1274
  17. Pope Boniface VIII, 1235 – 1303
  18. Edward I, 1239 – 1307
  19. Marco Polo, 1254 – 1324
  20. Osman I, 1258 – 1326
  21. Dante Alighieri, c. 1265 – 1321
  22. Giotto, c. 1272 – 1337
  23. Philip IV of France, 1268 – 1314
  24. William Wallace, 1270 – 1305

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When Nasreddin was born, Genghis Khan was 45 or 46, Rumi was about a year old, Shota Rustaveli was 35 or 36, John, King of England was 41 or 42 and Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor was 13 or 14.

When Nasreddin died, Marco Polo was 29 or 30, Kublai Khan was 68 or 69, Osman I was 25 or 26, William Wallace was 13 or 14 and Edward I was 44 or 45.

Born during Nasreddin’s lifetime: Dante Alighieri, Marco Polo, Thomas Aquinas, Kublai Khan, Osman I, Giotto, Louis IX of France and Roger Bacon.

Not quite contemporaries: Saladin died about 15 years before Nasreddin was born, Averroes died about 10 years before Nasreddin was born, Zhu Xi died about 8 years before Nasreddin was born and Richard I of England died about 9 years before Nasreddin was born.

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Where Nasreddin’s contemporaries were born

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The 74 best-known contemporaries

74 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Nasreddin. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in 1247.

  1. Dante Alighieri c. 1265 – 1321
  2. Marco Polo 1254 – 1324
  3. Genghis Khan 1162 – 1227
  4. Thomas Aquinas 1225 – 1274
  5. Rumi 1207 – 1273
  6. Francis of Assisi c. 1182 – 1226
  7. Saadi Shirazi c. 1210 – 1292
  8. Kublai Khan 1215 – 1294
  9. Osman I 1258 – 1326
  10. Giotto c. 1272 – 1337
  11. Shota Rustaveli 1172 – 1216
  12. Pope Innocent III 1160s – 1216
  13. Albertus Magnus c. 1200 – 1280
  14. Louis IX of France c. 1215 – 1270
  15. Roger Bacon c. 1220 – 1292
  16. John, King of England 1166 – 1216
  17. Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor 1194 – 1250
  18. Ibn Arabi 1165 – 1240
  19. William Wallace 1270 – 1305
  20. Edward I 1239 – 1307
  21. Pope Boniface VIII 1235 – 1303
  22. Pope Gregory IX 1170 – 1241
  23. Philip IV of France 1268 – 1314
  24. Orhan 1281 – 1362
  25. Mansa Musa c. 1280 – 1337
  26. Anthony of Padua 1195 – 1231
  27. Ögedei Khan 1186 – 1241
  28. Pope Celestine V 1215 – 1296
  29. Alexander Nevsky 1220 – 1263
  30. Snorri Sturluson 1179 – 1241
  31. Batu Khan c. 1205 – c. 1255
  32. Philip II of France 1165 – 1223
  33. Hulegu Khan 1217 – 1265
  34. Bonaventure 1221 – 1274
  35. Pope John XXII 1244 – 1334
  36. Amir Khusrau 1253 – 1325
  37. Ibn Taymiyya c. 1263 – c. 1328
  38. Pope Honorius III 1148 – 1227
  39. Alfonso X of Castile 1221 – 1284
  40. Pope Clement V 1264 – 1314
  41. Duns Scotus 1266 – 1308
  42. Dominic de Guzmán c. 1172 – 1221
  43. Pope Benedict XII 1280 – 1342
  44. Pope Urban IV c. 1185 – 1264
  45. Henry III of England 1207 – 1272
  46. Pope Gregory X 1210 – 1276
  47. Robert the Bruce 1274 – 1329
  48. Nasir al-Din al-Tusi 1201 – 1274
  49. Ramon Llull c. 1233 – c. 1316
  50. Pope Benedict XI 1240 – 1304
  51. Meister Eckhart c. 1260 – c. 1328
  52. Pope Clement IV 1190 – 1268
  53. Pope Nicholas III 1210s – 1280
  54. Pope Innocent V 1225 – 1276
  55. Louis VIII of France 1187 – 1226
  56. Pope Nicholas IV 1227 – 1292
  57. Pope John XXI c. 1213 – 1277
  58. Clare of Assisi 1194 – 1253
  59. Pope Adrian V 1205 – 1276
  60. Pope Martin IV 1220 – 1285
  61. Attar of Nishapur 1145 – 1221
  62. Philip III of France 1245 – 1285
  63. Pope Honorius IV c. 1210 – 1287
  64. Jochi 1182 – 1227
  65. Duccio c. 1255 – 1319
  66. Chagatai Khan 1183 – 1242
  67. Tamar of Georgia 1166 – 1213
  68. Walther von der Vogelweide c. 1170 – c. 1230
  69. Elizabeth of Hungary 1207 – 1231
  70. Rudolf I of Germany 1218 – 1291
  71. Charles I of Anjou 1226 – 1285
  72. Cimabue c. 1240 – 1302
  73. Yunus Emre c. 1241 – c. 1321
  74. Razia Sultan c. 1206 – 1240