Who Was Alive

Were Averroes and Saladin alive at the same time?

Yes. Averroes and Saladin were alive at the same time for 54 or 55 years, from 1138 to 1193.

Averroes was 11 or 12 when Saladin was born.

Averroes was 66 when Saladin died, aged 54 or 55.

Averroes

Arab Andalusian Muslim writer and philosopher

Born 14 April 1126 · died 10 December 1198, aged 72

Saladin

Sultan of Egypt and founder of the Ayyubid dynasty

Born 1138 · died 4 March 1193, aged 54 or 55

  1. Omar Khayyám
  2. Hildegard of Bingen
  3. Averroes
  4. Zhu Xi
  5. Saladin
  6. Genghis Khan
  7. Francis of Assisi
Averroes and Saladin 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.