Hafez · Timur Were Hafez and Timur alive at the same time? Yes. Hafez and Timur were alive at the same time, from 1336 to 1389–1390. HafezPersian poet and mysticBorn c. 1325 · died 1389–1390TimurThe founder of the Timurid EmpireBorn 8–9 April 1336 · died 18–19 February 1405, aged 68 Ibn BattutaPetrarchHafezIbn KhaldunTimurGeoffrey Chaucer Hafez and Timur 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.