Who Was Alive

Rumi

Iranian poet

Born 30 September 1207 · died 17 December 1273, aged 66

Who was alive at the same time as Rumi?

  1. Innocent III
  2. Genghis Khan
  3. John, King of England
  4. Shota Rustaveli
  5. Francis of Assisi
  6. Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor
  7. Albertus Magnus
  8. Rumi
  9. Saadi
  10. Louis IX of France
  11. Kublai Khan
  12. Roger Bacon
  13. Thomas Aquinas
  14. Marco Polo
  15. Osman I
  16. Dante Alighieri
Drag across the timeline to see who was alive in any year and the age each person reached that year. Faded ends mark uncertain dates.

When Rumi was born, Genghis Khan was 45, Shota Rustaveli was 34 or 35, John, King of England was 40 and Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor was 12.

When Rumi died, Marco Polo was 19, Thomas Aquinas was 47 or 48, Kublai Khan was 58 and Osman I was 15.

Born during Rumi’s lifetime: Dante Alighieri, Marco Polo, Thomas Aquinas, Saadi, Kublai Khan, Osman I, Louis IX of France and Roger Bacon.

Not quite contemporaries: Saladin died 14 years before Rumi was born, Averroes died 9 years before Rumi was born, Zhu Xi died 7 years before Rumi was born and Richard I of England died 8 years before Rumi was born.

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