Safiyya bint Huyayy

Born c. AD 610 · died AD 670
Also known as Umm-ul-Mo'mineen

Who was alive at the same time as Safiyya bint Huyayy?

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When Safiyya bint Huyayy died, Aisha was 55 or 56, Husayn ibn Ali was 43 or 44, Pope Gregory II was about a year old, Pope Benedict II was 34 or 35 and Pope Leo II was 58 or 59.

Born during Safiyya bint Huyayy’s lifetime: Aisha, Husayn ibn Ali, Pope Gregory II, Pope Benedict II, Hasan ibn Ali, Pope John VII, Pope Sergius I and Pope John VI.

Not quite contemporaries: Pope Gregory I died about 4 years before Safiyya bint Huyayy was born, John of Damascus was born about 2 years after Safiyya bint Huyayy died, Pope Zachary was born about 8 years after Safiyya bint Huyayy died and Pope Sabinian died about 2 years before Safiyya bint Huyayy was born.

What happened in Safiyya bint Huyayy’s lifetime

The Hijrah AD 622
Battle of Badr AD 624

Where Safiyya bint Huyayy’s contemporaries were born

Safiyya bint Huyayy is labelled; the others are the best-known people we track who lived at the same time. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (71 of 81 placed); tap one to open that person.

Birthplaces as a list

Safiyya bint Huyayy: Medina
Isidore of Seville: Cartagena
Muhammad: Mecca
Abu Bakr: Mecca
Heraclius: Cappadocia
Uthman: Mecca
Pope Honorius I: Campania
Umar: Mecca
Khalid ibn al-Walid: Mecca
Brahmagupta: Bhinmal
Pope John IV: Dalmatia
Pope Martin I: Pian di San Martino
Ali: Mecca
Xuanzang: Yanshi District
Mu'awiya I: Mecca
Fatima: Mecca
Pope Leo II: Sicily
Aisha: Mecca
Hasan ibn Ali: Medina
Husayn ibn Ali: Medina
Pope Benedict II: Rome
Pope John VII: Rossano
Pope Sergius I: Palermo
Pope Gregory II: Rome
Pope Adeodatus I: Rome
Pope Agatho: Palermo
Pope John VI: Ephesus
Pope Vitalian: Segni
Pope John V: Antioch
Pope Boniface IV: Marsica
Wu Zetian: Guangyuan
Pope Conon: Sicily
Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan: Medina
Yazid I: Damascus
Bilal ibn Rabah: Kingdom of Aksum
Justinian II: Constantinople
Khosrow II: Ctesiphon
Constans II: Constantinople
Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib: Mecca
Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr: Medina
Abu Talib ibn Abd al-Muttalib: Mecca
Maximus the Confessor: Palestine
Hafsa bint Umar: Mecca
Ibn Abbas: Mecca
Constantine IV: Constantinople
Amr ibn al-As: Mecca
Emperor Taizong of Tang: Wugong County
Marwan I: Mecca
Ali al-Sajjad: Medina
Salman the Persian: Kazerun
Zubayr ibn al-Awwam: Mecca
Emperor Gaozu of Tang: Chang'an
Abu Sufyan: Mecca
Yazdegerd III: Istakhr
Mu'awiya II: Damascus
Harsha: Thanesar
Abu Hurayra: Tihamah
Leontius: Isauria
Al-Walid I: Medina
Heraclonas: Lazica
Abu Ubayda ibn al-Jarrah: Mecca
Zaynab bint Jahsh: Mecca
Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas: Mecca
Hamza ibn Abd al-Muttalib: Mecca
Bhartṛhari: Ujjain
Umm Salama: Mecca
Zaynab bint Ali: Medina
Sawdah bint Zam'ah: Mecca
Zaynab bint Khuzayma: Mecca
Talha ibn Ubayd Allah: Mecca
Abd Allah ibn Umar ibn al-Khattab: Mecca

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The 115 best-known contemporaries

115 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Safiyya bint Huyayy. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in AD 642.

Muhammad AD 571 – AD 632
Umar c. AD 586 – AD 644
Ali AD 599 – AD 661
Abu Bakr c. AD 573 – AD 634
Brahmagupta c. AD 598 – c. AD 670
Uthman c. AD 575 – AD 656
Aisha AD 614 – c. AD 678
Husayn ibn Ali AD 626 – AD 680
Fatima c. AD 610 – AD 632
Mu'awiya I AD 603 – AD 680
Heraclius c. AD 575 – AD 641
Pope Gregory II AD 669 – AD 731
Isidore of Seville c. AD 560 – AD 636
Pope Honorius I c. AD 585 – AD 638
Pope Benedict II AD 635 – AD 685
Hasan ibn Ali AD 625 – AD 669
Pope Martin I AD 598 – AD 655
Pope Leo II AD 611 – AD 683
Khalid ibn al-Walid AD 586 – AD 642
Pope John IV c. AD 600 – AD 642
Xuanzang AD 602 – AD 664
Pope John VII AD 650 – AD 707
Pope Sergius I AD 650 – AD 701
Pope Adeodatus I AD 570 – AD 618
Pope Agatho AD 574 – AD 681
Pope John VI AD 655 – AD 705
Pope Vitalian c. AD 600 – AD 672
Pope John V AD 635 – AD 686
Pope Boniface IV c. AD 550 – AD 615
Wu Zetian AD 624 – AD 705
Pope Sisinnius c. AD 650 – AD 708
Pope Conon AD 630 – AD 687
Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan c. AD 646 – AD 705
Yazid I AD 646 – AD 683
Bilal ibn Rabah AD 581 – c. AD 642
Justinian II AD 669 – AD 711
Khosrow II AD 570 – AD 628
Constans II AD 630 – AD 668
Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib c. AD 568 – AD 653
Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr AD 624 – AD 692
Abu Talib ibn Abd al-Muttalib c. AD 541 – AD 619
Maximus the Confessor AD 579 – AD 662
Hafsa bint Umar AD 604 – AD 665
Ibn Abbas c. AD 619 – AD 688
Constantine IV AD 652 – AD 685
Amr ibn al-As AD 570 – AD 664
Emperor Taizong of Tang AD 598 – AD 649
Heraclius Constantine AD 612 – AD 641
Marwan I AD 623 – AD 685
Ali al-Sajjad AD 659 – AD 713
Salman the Persian AD 568 – AD 657
Chlothar II AD 584 – AD 629
Zubayr ibn al-Awwam AD 594 – AD 656
Asparuh of Bulgaria c. AD 640 – c. AD 701
Emperor Gaozu of Tang AD 566 – AD 635
Abu Sufyan c. AD 570 – c. AD 646
Yazdegerd III AD 624 – AD 652
Mu'awiya II AD 661 – AD 684
Harsha AD 590 – AD 647
Abu Hurayra AD 602 – AD 679
Dagobert I c. AD 611 – AD 639
Leontius AD 660 – AD 706
Al-Walid I AD 668 – AD 715
Heraclonas AD 618 – AD 641
Abu Ubayda ibn al-Jarrah AD 583 – AD 639
Zaynab bint Jahsh AD 592 – AD 642
Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas AD 595 – c. AD 675
Hamza ibn Abd al-Muttalib AD 568 – AD 625
Bhartṛhari AD 570 – c. AD 651
Umm Salama AD 596 – AD 681
Zaynab bint Ali c. AD 627 – c. AD 684
Isaac the Syrian c. AD 640 – c. AD 700
Sawdah bint Zam'ah AD 589 – AD 674
Zaynab bint Khuzayma AD 595 – AD 625
Talha ibn Ubayd Allah AD 595 – AD 656
Penda of Mercia c. AD 606 – AD 655
Abd Allah ibn Umar ibn al-Khattab c. AD 610 – AD 693
Clovis II c. AD 636 – AD 657
Chlothar III c. AD 650 – AD 673
Theuderic III 650s – AD 691
John Climacus c. AD 579 – c. AD 649
Umm Habiba c. AD 594 – AD 665
Abd Allah ibn Mas'ud AD 594 – AD 653
Childeric II AD 655 – AD 675
Columbanus c. AD 543 – AD 615
Abu Lahab AD 549 – c. AD 625
Abd al-Rahman ibn Awf c. AD 577 – c. AD 654
Theophylact Simocatta AD 580 – AD 630
Maymunah bint al-Harith c. AD 592 – AD 672
Boran AD 590 – AD 632
Juwayriya bint al-Harith AD 608 – AD 676
Hasan al-Basri AD 642 – AD 728
Pepin of Herstal c. AD 645 – AD 714
Empress Jitō AD 645 – AD 703
Empress Suiko AD 554 – AD 628
Prince Shōtoku AD 574 – AD 622
Ruqayya bint Muhammad c. AD 600 – AD 624
Emperor Tenji AD 626 – AD 672
Dagobert II AD 652 – AD 679
Al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf AD 661 – AD 714
Empress Kōgyoku AD 594 – AD 661
Sigebert III AD 630 – AD 656
Empress Genmei AD 661 – AD 721
Kahina AD 668 – AD 703
Theodelinda c. AD 570 – c. AD 628
Zayd ibn Haritha al-Kalbi AD 581 – AD 629
Pepin of Landen c. AD 585 – AD 640
Rayhana bint Zayd c. 590s – AD 631
Sigebert II AD 602 – AD 613
Anas ibn Malik AD 611 – AD 713
Ammar ibn Yasir AD 570 – AD 657
Zainab bint Muhammad c. AD 599 – c. AD 629
Emperor Tenmu AD 631 – AD 686
Kubrat c. AD 595 – AD 665
Ardashir III AD 621 – AD 630