Who Was Alive

Saadi

Persian poet

Born c. 1210 · died 9 December 1292

Who was alive at the same time as Saadi?

  1. Innocent III
  2. Genghis Khan
  3. John, King of England
  4. Shota Rustaveli
  5. Francis of Assisi
  6. Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor
  7. Albertus Magnus
  8. Rumi
  9. Saadi
  10. Louis IX of France
  11. Kublai Khan
  12. Roger Bacon
  13. Thomas Aquinas
  14. Marco Polo
  15. Osman I
  16. Dante Alighieri
  17. Giotto
  18. William of Ockham
Drag across the timeline to see who was alive in any year and the age each person reached that year. Faded ends mark uncertain dates.

When Saadi died, Marco Polo was 38, Kublai Khan was 77 and Osman I was 34.

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

Not quite contemporaries: Ibn Battuta was born 12 years after Saadi died, Petrarch was born 12 years after Saadi died, Saladin died 15 years before Saadi was born and Averroes died 10 years before Saadi was born.

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