Who Was Alive

Were Abu Nuwas and Harun al-Rashid alive at the same time?

Yes. Abu Nuwas and Harun al-Rashid were alive at the same time for 43 years, from AD 766 to AD 809.

Abu Nuwas

8th-century classical Arabic poet

Born AD 753–762 · died AD 814

Harun al-Rashid

5th Abbasid caliph

Born 19 February AD 766 · died 24 March AD 809, aged 43

  1. Du Fu
  2. Jabir ibn Hayyan
  3. Charlemagne
  4. Abu Nuwas
  5. Harun al-Rashid
  6. Muḥammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi
Abu Nuwas and Harun al-Rashid 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.