Hafez · Ibn Khaldun Were Hafez and Ibn Khaldun alive at the same time? Yes. Hafez and Ibn Khaldun were alive at the same time, from 1331–1332 to 1389–1390. HafezPersian poet and mysticBorn c. 1325 · died 1389–1390Ibn KhaldunHistoriographer and historianBorn 1331–1332 · died 1405–1406, aged 73 or 74 Ibn BattutaPetrarchHafezIbn KhaldunTimurGeoffrey Chaucer Hafez and Ibn Khaldun 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.