Who Was Alive

Were Rudaki and Ferdowsi alive at the same time?

Yes. Rudaki and Ferdowsi were alive at the same time for 0 or 1 years, from AD 940 to AD 941.

Rudaki was 80 or 81 when Ferdowsi was born.

Ferdowsi was about a year old when Rudaki died.

Rudaki

Rudaki

Poet

Born AD 859 · died AD 941

Ferdowsi

Ferdowsi

Poet

Born 3 January AD 940 · died c. 1020

  1. Alfred the Great, AD 849 – c. AD 899
  2. Rudaki, AD 859 – AD 941
  3. Abu Bakr al-Razi, AD 866 – AD 925
  4. Al-Farabi, c. AD 870 – AD 951
  5. Otto the Great, AD 912 – AD 973
  6. Ferdowsi, AD 940 – c. 1020
  7. Ibn al-Haytham, c. AD 965 – 1039
  8. Leif Erikson, c. AD 972 – c. 1020
  9. Al-Biruni, AD 973 – 1048
  10. Avicenna, c. AD 981 – 1037

Rudaki and Ferdowsi 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 Rudaki and Ferdowsi were born

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