Who Was Alive
Rudaki
Hossein Behzad, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Rudaki

Poet

Born AD 859 · died AD 941
Also known as Abu Abdallah Rudaki, Rūdakī

Who was alive at the same time as Rudaki?

  1. Pope Adrian II, AD 792 – AD 872
  2. Al-Kindi, c. AD 801 – c. AD 872
  3. Muhammad al-Bukhari, AD 810 – AD 870
  4. Pope Formosus, c. AD 816 – AD 896
  5. Pope John VIII, c. AD 820 – AD 882
  6. Pope Nicholas I, c. AD 820 – AD 867
  7. Charles the Bald, AD 823 – AD 877
  8. Pope Marinus I, AD 830 – AD 884
  9. Pope John IX, c. AD 840 – AD 900
  10. Pope Theodore II, AD 840 – AD 897
  11. Alfred the Great, AD 849 – c. AD 899
  12. Pope Sergius III, c. AD 860 – AD 911
  13. Pope John X, c. AD 860 – c. AD 929
  14. Rudaki, AD 859 – AD 941
  15. Abu Bakr al-Razi, AD 866 – AD 925
  16. Al-Farabi, c. AD 870 – AD 951
  17. Æthelstan, c. AD 895 – AD 939
  18. Pope Benedict V, c. AD 900 – AD 965
  19. Pope John XI, c. AD 910 – AD 936
  20. Otto the Great, AD 912 – AD 973
  21. Pope Leo VIII, c. AD 915 – AD 965
  22. Pope John XII, c. AD 937 – AD 964
  23. Hugh Capet, AD 940 – AD 996
  24. Ferdowsi, AD 940 – c. 1020

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When Rudaki was born, Alfred the Great was 9 or 10, Charles the Bald was 35 or 36, Muhammad al-Bukhari was 48 or 49, Pope Adrian II was 66 or 67 and Pope Marinus I was 28 or 29.

When Rudaki died, Ferdowsi was about a year old, Otto the Great was 28 or 29, Hugh Capet was about a year old and Constantine VII was 35 or 36.

Born during Rudaki’s lifetime: Ferdowsi, Al-Farabi, Abu Bakr al-Razi, Otto the Great, Pope John XII, Pope Benedict V, Hugh Capet and Pope Leo VIII.

Not quite contemporaries: Al-Khwarizmi died about 6 years before Rudaki was born, Pope Gregory IV died about 15 years before Rudaki was born, Vladimir the Great was born about 12 years after Rudaki died and Ahmad ibn Hanbal died about 4 years before Rudaki was born.

Where Rudaki’s contemporaries were born

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The 40 best-known contemporaries

40 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Rudaki. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in AD 901.

  1. Ferdowsi AD 940 – c. 1020
  2. Alfred the Great AD 849 – c. AD 899
  3. Al-Farabi c. AD 870 – AD 951
  4. Abu Bakr al-Razi AD 866 – AD 925
  5. Otto the Great AD 912 – AD 973
  6. Al-Kindi c. AD 801 – c. AD 872
  7. Charles the Bald AD 823 – AD 877
  8. Muhammad al-Bukhari AD 810 – AD 870
  9. Pope John VIII c. AD 820 – AD 882
  10. Pope John XII c. AD 937 – AD 964
  11. Pope Benedict V c. AD 900 – AD 965
  12. Pope Adrian II AD 792 – AD 872
  13. Hugh Capet AD 940 – AD 996
  14. Pope Formosus c. AD 816 – AD 896
  15. Pope Sergius III c. AD 860 – AD 911
  16. Pope Leo VIII c. AD 915 – AD 965
  17. Pope Marinus I AD 830 – AD 884
  18. Pope John X c. AD 860 – c. AD 929
  19. Pope Nicholas I c. AD 820 – AD 867
  20. Pope John IX c. AD 840 – AD 900
  21. Æthelstan c. AD 895 – AD 939
  22. Pope John XI c. AD 910 – AD 936
  23. Pope Theodore II AD 840 – AD 897
  24. Charles the Fat c. AD 836 – AD 888
  25. Al-Masudi c. AD 896 – AD 957
  26. Rurik AD 830 – AD 879
  27. Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj AD 821 – AD 875
  28. Constantine VII AD 905 – AD 959
  29. Al-Tabari c. AD 839 – AD 922
  30. Henry the Fowler c. AD 876 – AD 936
  31. Charles the Simple AD 879 – AD 929
  32. Al-Hallaj c. AD 858 – AD 922
  33. Olga of Kiev c. AD 890 – AD 969
  34. John Scotus Eriugena 800s – AD 877
  35. Louis the German c. AD 806 – AD 876
  36. Arnulf of Carinthia c. AD 850 – AD 899
  37. Leo VI the Wise AD 866 – AD 912
  38. Edmund I c. AD 920 – AD 946
  39. Robert I of France AD 860 – AD 923
  40. Al-Jahiz AD 775 – c. AD 869