Who Was Alive
Rabia Basri
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Rabia Basri

Iraqi poet

Born 710s · died AD 801
Also known as Rabia of Basri, Rabia Al Adawiyya, Rabia of Basra

Who was alive at the same time as Rabia Basri?

  1. Pope Gregory II, AD 669 – AD 731
  2. Bede, c. AD 672 – AD 735
  3. John of Damascus, c. AD 675 – AD 749
  4. Charles Martel, AD 688 – AD 741
  5. Abu Hanifa, AD 699 – c. AD 768
  6. Pope Adrian I, AD 700 – AD 795
  7. Pope Paul I, AD 700 – AD 767
  8. Li Bai, AD 701 – AD 762
  9. Rabia Basri, 710s – AD 801
  10. Du Fu, AD 712 – AD 770
  11. Pepin the Short, c. AD 716 – AD 768
  12. Jabir ibn Hayyan, AD 721 – AD 815
  13. Charlemagne, c. AD 744 – AD 814
  14. Pope Leo III, AD 750 – c. AD 816
  15. Abu Nuwas, c. AD 759 – AD 814
  16. Harun al-Rashid, AD 766 – AD 809
  17. Al-Shafi'i, AD 767 – AD 820
  18. Al-Khwarizmi, c. AD 780 – c. AD 850
  19. Louis the Pious, AD 778 – AD 840
  20. Ahmad ibn Hanbal, AD 780 – AD 855
  21. Adi Shankara, c. AD 788 – c. AD 821
  22. Pope Leo IV, c. AD 790 – AD 855
  23. Pope Adrian II, AD 792 – AD 872
  24. Pope Gregory IV, c. AD 795 – AD 844

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When Rabia Basri died, Harun al-Rashid was 34 or 35, Louis the Pious was 22 or 23, Al-Shafi'i was 33 or 34, Ahmad ibn Hanbal was 20 or 21 and Al-Ma'mun was 14 or 15.

Born during Rabia Basri’s lifetime: Charlemagne, Al-Khwarizmi, Abu Nuwas, Jabir ibn Hayyan, Harun al-Rashid, Adi Shankara, Pope Leo III and Louis the Pious.

Not quite contemporaries: Muhammad al-Bukhari was born about 9 years after Rabia Basri died, Pope Formosus was born about 13 years after Rabia Basri died, Pope John VII died about 3 years before Rabia Basri was born and Pope Sergius I died about 9 years before Rabia Basri was born.

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Where Rabia Basri’s contemporaries were born

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The 95 best-known contemporaries

95 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Rabia Basri. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in AD 761.

  1. Li Bai AD 701 – AD 762
  2. Charlemagne c. AD 744 – AD 814
  3. Al-Khwarizmi c. AD 780 – c. AD 850
  4. Abu Nuwas c. AD 759 – AD 814
  5. Du Fu AD 712 – AD 770
  6. Jabir ibn Hayyan AD 721 – AD 815
  7. Harun al-Rashid AD 766 – AD 809
  8. Adi Shankara c. AD 788 – c. AD 821
  9. Abu Hanifa AD 699 – c. AD 768
  10. Bede c. AD 672 – AD 735
  11. Pope Gregory II AD 669 – AD 731
  12. Charles Martel AD 688 – AD 741
  13. Pope Leo III AD 750 – c. AD 816
  14. Louis the Pious AD 778 – AD 840
  15. Pope Adrian I AD 700 – AD 795
  16. Pepin the Short c. AD 716 – AD 768
  17. Pope Gregory IV c. AD 795 – AD 844
  18. Pope Paul I AD 700 – AD 767
  19. John of Damascus c. AD 675 – AD 749
  20. Al-Shafi'i AD 767 – AD 820
  21. Ahmad ibn Hanbal AD 780 – AD 855
  22. Pope Adrian II AD 792 – AD 872
  23. Pope Leo IV c. AD 790 – AD 855
  24. Pope Paschal I c. AD 775 – AD 824
  25. Pope Stephen III c. AD 720 – AD 772
  26. Pope Eugene II c. AD 780 – AD 827
  27. Pope Zachary AD 679 – AD 752
  28. Pope Stephen II c. AD 714 – AD 757
  29. Ja'far al-Sadiq c. AD 701 – c. AD 765
  30. Pope Stephen IV c. AD 770 – AD 817
  31. Pope Sergius II c. AD 790 – AD 847
  32. Pope Valentine c. AD 780 – AD 827
  33. Malik ibn Anas c. AD 711 – AD 795
  34. Leo III the Isaurian AD 675 – AD 741
  35. Lothair I AD 795 – AD 855
  36. Irene of Athens c. AD 752 – AD 803
  37. Alcuin c. AD 740 – AD 804
  38. Tariq ibn Ziyad AD 670 – AD 720
  39. Abd al-Rahman I AD 731 – AD 788
  40. Roland AD 737 – AD 778
  41. Al-Ma'mun c. AD 786 – c. AD 833
  42. Padmasambhava AD 717 – AD 762
  43. Constantine V AD 718 – AD 775
  44. Nikephoros I c. AD 750 – AD 811
  45. Bai Juyi AD 772 – AD 846
  46. Al-Jahiz AD 775 – c. AD 869
  47. Ecgberht, King of Wessex AD 771 – AD 839
  48. Pelagius of Asturias c. AD 685 – AD 737
  49. Han Yu AD 768 – AD 824
  50. Ali al-Rida AD 770 – AD 818
  51. Wang Wei AD 699 – c. AD 760
  52. Al-Mansur AD 713 – AD 775
  53. Carloman I AD 751 – AD 771
  54. Michael I Rangabe c. AD 770 – AD 844
  55. Leo V the Armenian AD 775 – AD 820
  56. Abu Muslim c. AD 719 – AD 755
  57. Paul the Deacon c. AD 720 – c. AD 799
  58. Leo IV the Khazar AD 750 – AD 780
  59. Constantine VI AD 771 – c. AD 798
  60. Saint Boniface c. AD 675 – AD 754
  61. Al-Saffah AD 722 – AD 754
  62. Michael II AD 770 – AD 829
  63. Staurakios AD 775 – AD 812
  64. Abd ar-Rahman II AD 792 – AD 852
  65. Musa al-Kazim AD 745 – c. AD 799
  66. Krum AD 755 – AD 814
  67. Einhard c. AD 774 – AD 840
  68. Kūkai AD 774 – AD 835
  69. Al-Mu'tasim AD 796 – AD 842
  70. Muhammad al-Baqir AD 677 – AD 733
  71. Marwan II AD 688 – AD 750
  72. Al-Walid II 700s – AD 744
  73. Ibn Ishaq AD 704 – AD 768
  74. Al-Mahdi AD 744 – AD 785
  75. Emperor Xuanzong of Tang c. AD 684 – c. AD 765
  76. Theuderic IV c. AD 713 – AD 737
  77. Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik AD 691 – AD 743
  78. Theophanes the Confessor AD 759 – AD 817
  79. Chilperic II c. AD 673 – AD 721
  80. Hasan al-Basri AD 642 – AD 728
  81. Rabanus Maurus c. AD 783 – AD 856
  82. Babak Khorramdin AD 798 – AD 838
  83. Yazid II AD 687 – AD 724
  84. Yazid III AD 701 – AD 744
  85. Desiderius c. AD 710 – c. AD 786
  86. Al-Hadi c. AD 763 – AD 786
  87. Pepin of Italy AD 777 – AD 810
  88. Al-Amin AD 787 – AD 813
  89. Empress Genmei AD 661 – AD 721
  90. Liutprand, King of the Lombards c. 680s – AD 744
  91. Shantideva c. AD 685 – c. AD 763
  92. Emperor Kanmu AD 737 – AD 806
  93. Hisham I of Córdoba AD 757 – AD 796
  94. Carloman c. AD 710 – AD 754
  95. Alfonso II of Asturias AD 759 – AD 842