Who Was Alive

Were Omar Khayyam and Manuel I Komnenos alive at the same time?

Yes. Omar Khayyam and Manuel I Komnenos were alive at the same time for 13 years, from 1118 to 1131.

Manuel I Komnenos was 13 when Omar Khayyam died.

Omar Khayyam

Omar Khayyam

Mathematician and poet

Born 1045–1051 · died 4 December 1131

Manuel I Komnenos

Manuel I Komnenos

Byzantine emperor

Born 28 November 1118 · died 24 September 1180, aged 61

  1. William the Conqueror, c. 1028 – 1087
  2. Omar Khayyam, c. 1049 – 1131
  3. Al-Ghazali, c. 1057 – 1111
  4. Hildegard of Bingen, c. 1098 – 1179
  5. Manuel I Komnenos, 1118 – 1180
  6. Averroes, 1126 – 1198
  7. Zhu Xi, 1130 – 1200
  8. Saladin, 1138 – 1193
  9. Genghis Khan, 1162 – 1227

Omar Khayyam and Manuel I Komnenos 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 Omar Khayyam and Manuel I Komnenos were born

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