Who Was Alive

Were Thomas Aquinas and Ibn Taymiyya alive at the same time?

Yes. Thomas Aquinas and Ibn Taymiyya were alive at the same time for 10 or 11 years, from 1262–1263 to 1274.

Thomas Aquinas was 37 or 38 when Ibn Taymiyya was born.

Ibn Taymiyya was 10 or 11 when Thomas Aquinas died, aged 48 or 49.

Thomas Aquinas

Thomas Aquinas

Italian friar and philosopher

Born 1225 · died 7 March 1274, aged 48 or 49

Ibn Taymiyya

Ibn Taymiyya

Islamic jurist and scholar

Born 1262–1263 · died 1327–1328, aged 64 or 65

  1. Genghis Khan, 1162 – 1227
  2. Francis of Assisi, c. 1182 – 1226
  3. Rumi, 1207 – 1273
  4. Thomas Aquinas, 1225 – 1274
  5. Marco Polo, 1254 – 1324
  6. Ibn Taymiyya, c. 1263 – c. 1328
  7. Dante Alighieri, c. 1265 – 1321
  8. Ibn Battuta, 1304 – c. 1368
  9. Petrarch, 1304 – 1374

Thomas Aquinas and Ibn Taymiyya 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 Thomas Aquinas and Ibn Taymiyya were born

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