Who Was Alive

Were Abu Bakr and Mu'awiya I alive at the same time?

Yes. Abu Bakr and Mu'awiya I were alive at the same time for 30 or 31 years, from AD 603 to AD 634.

Mu'awiya I was 30 or 31 when Abu Bakr died.

Abu Bakr

1st Rashidun Caliph and father-in-law of Muhammad

Born c. AD 573 · died 23 August AD 634

Mu'awiya I

Founder and first caliph of the Umayyad Caliphate

Born AD 603 · died AD 680, aged 76 or 77

  1. Gregory I
  2. Muhammad
  3. Abu Bakr
  4. Umar ibn Al-Khattāb
  5. Brahmagupta
  6. Alī ibn Abī Ṭālib
  7. Mu'awiya I
Abu Bakr and Mu'awiya I in bold, with some of their best-known contemporaries. Drag across to see the age each reached in any year. Faded ends mark uncertain dates.