Who Was Alive

Were Ibn Khaldun and Timur alive at the same time?

Yes. Ibn Khaldun and Timur were alive at the same time for 68 years, from 1336 to 1405.

Ibn Khaldun was 3 or 4 when Timur was born.

Ibn Khaldun was 72 or 73 when Timur died, aged 68.

Ibn Khaldun

Historiographer and historian

Born 1331–1332 · died 1405–1406, aged 73 or 74

Timur

The founder of the Timurid Empire

Born 8–9 April 1336 · died 18–19 February 1405, aged 68

  1. Ibn Battuta
  2. Petrarch
  3. Hafez
  4. Ibn Khaldun
  5. Timur
  6. Geoffrey Chaucer
Ibn Khaldun 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.