Who Was Alive

Were Osman I and Ibn Battuta alive at the same time?

Yes. Osman I and Ibn Battuta were alive at the same time for 22 years, from 1304 to 1326.

Osman I was 45 when Ibn Battuta was born.

Ibn Battuta was 22 when Osman I died, aged 67.

Osman I

Founder of the Ottoman Empire

Born 23 August 1258 · died 1 August 1326, aged 67

Ibn Battuta

14th century Muslim Maghrebi scholar and explorer

Born 24 February 1304 · died c. 1368

  1. Thomas Aquinas
  2. Marco Polo
  3. Osman I
  4. Dante Alighieri
  5. Ibn Battuta
  6. Petrarch
  7. Hafez
  8. Ibn Khaldun
  9. Geoffrey Chaucer
Osman I and Ibn Battuta 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.