Harun al-Rashid
c. 766 – 809 · 43 years · Baghdad · Middle East
Fifth Abbasid caliph under whom Baghdad became the richest city in the world; a hero of the Thousand and One Nights.
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Contemporaries around the world
Europe
- Charlemagne — King of the Franks, Emperor, 18 years older
- Louis the Pious — Charlemagne's son, under whom his empire began to break up, 12 years younger
Middle East
- Al-Khwarizmi — mathematician and astronomer, 14 years younger
Asia
- Emperor Kanmu — emperor who founded Heian-kyō, the future Kyoto, 29 years older
The world in their lifetime
- 793 Viking raid on Lindisfarne — aged 27, Europe
- 800 Coronation of Charlemagne — aged 34, Europe
- c. 800–950 Drought and the Classic Maya collapse — aged 34, Americas
- 802 Founding of the Khmer Empire — aged 36, Asia