Jabir ibn Hayyan · Abu Nuwas Were Jabir ibn Hayyan and Abu Nuwas alive at the same time? Yes. Jabir ibn Hayyan and Abu Nuwas were alive at the same time, from AD 753–762 to AD 814. Jabir ibn Hayyan8th-century Islamic alchemist and authorBorn AD 721 · died AD 815, aged 93 or 94Abu Nuwas8th-century classical Arabic poetBorn AD 753–762 · died AD 814 Li BaiDu FuJabir ibn HayyanCharlemagneAbu NuwasHarun al-RashidMuḥammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi Jabir ibn Hayyan and Abu Nuwas 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.