Ali ibn Abi Talib
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c. 600 – 661 · 61 years · Kufa · Middle East
Cousin and son-in-law of Muhammad and the fourth caliph; Shia Muslims revere him as the first Imam.
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Contemporaries around the world
Middle East
- Muhammad — prophet and founder of Islam, 30 years older
Asia
- Wu Zetian — empress of China, 24 years younger
- Xuanzang — Buddhist monk and traveller, 2 years younger
- Emperor Taizong of Tang — emperor of the Tang dynasty, 2 years older
- Prince Shōtoku — regent of Japan, 26 years older
Americas
- Pakal the Great — Maya ruler of Palenque, 3 years younger
The world in their lifetime
- 605–610 Grand Canal of China — aged 5, Asia
- 618 Founding of the Tang dynasty — aged 18, Asia
- 622 Hijra: Muhammad's migration to Medina — aged 22, Middle East
- 628 Brahmagupta and the rules of zero — aged 28, Asia
- 629–645 Xuanzang's journey to the West — aged 29, Asia
- 636 Battle of the Yarmuk — aged 36, Middle East
- 652 The Baqt treaty with Nubia — aged 52, Africa