Who Was Alive

Were Timur and Murad II alive at the same time?

Yes. Timur and Murad II were alive at the same time for less than a year, from 1404 to 1405.

Timur was 68 when Murad II was born.

Murad II was under a year old when Timur died, aged 68.

Timur

Timur

Warrior

Born 8–9 April 1336 · died 18–19 February 1405, aged 68

Murad II

Murad II

Sultan of the Ottoman Empire

Born June 1404 · died 3 February 1451, aged 46

  1. Ibn Battuta, 1304 – c. 1368
  2. Petrarch, 1304 – 1374
  3. Hafez, c. 1325 – c. 1390
  4. Ibn Khaldun, c. 1332 – c. 1406
  5. Timur, 1336 – 1405
  6. Geoffrey Chaucer, c. 1343 – c. 1400
  7. Zheng He, 1371 – c. 1435
  8. Johannes Gutenberg, c. 1400 – 1468
  9. Murad II, 1404 – 1451
  10. Joan of Arc, c. 1412 – 1431

Timur and Murad II 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 Timur and Murad II were born

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