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'''Hafiz-e Abru'''<ref name=iranica>Maria Eva Subtelny and Charles Melville, {{Iranica|hafez-e-abru|Ḥāfeẓ-e Abru}}</ref> ({{lang-fa|حافظ ابرو}}) died June 1430) was a [[Persian people|Persian]]<ref>{{cite book|last1=Lewis|first1=ed. by B.|title=Encyclopedia of Islam, Vol 3|date=1986|publisher=Brill [u.a.]|location=Leiden [u.a.]|isbn=9004081186|page=57|edition=Photomechan. repr.}}</ref> historian working at the courts of [[Timurid Dynasty|Timurid ruler]]s of Central Asia. His full name is
'''Hafiz-e Abru'''<ref name=iranica>Maria Eva Subtelny and Charles Melville, {{Iranica|hafez-e-abru|Ḥāfeẓ-e Abru}}</ref> ({{lang-fa|حافظ ابرو}}) died June 1430) was a [[Persian people|Persian]]<ref>{{cite book|last1=Lewis|first1=ed. by B.|title=Encyclopedia of Islam, Vol 3|date=1986|publisher=Brill [u.a.]|location=Leiden [u.a.]|isbn=9004081186|page=57|edition=Photomechan. repr.}}</ref> historian working at the courts of [[Timurid Dynasty|Timurid ruler]]s of Central Asia. His full name is
'''ʿAbdallah''' (or '''Nur-Allah''') '''ibn Lotf-Allah ibn 'Abd-al-Rashid Behdadini''';<ref name=iranica/> his short name is also transcribed in Western literature as '''Hafiz-i Abru''', '''Hafez-e Abru''', '''Hafiz Abru''' etc.
'''ʿAbdallah''' (or '''Nur-Allah''') '''ibn Lotf-Allah ibn 'Abd-al-Rashid Behdadini''';<ref name=iranica/> his short name is also transcribed in Western literature as '''Hafiz-i Abru''', '''Hafez-e Abru''', '''Hafiz Abru''' etc.

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Hafiz-e Abru[1] (Persian: حافظ ابرو) died June 1430) was a Persian[2] historian working at the courts of Timurid rulers of Central Asia. His full name is ʿAbdallah (or Nur-Allah) ibn Lotf-Allah ibn 'Abd-al-Rashid Behdadini;[1] his short name is also transcribed in Western literature as Hafiz-i Abru, Hafez-e Abru, Hafiz Abru etc.

Miniature from Hafiz-i Abru's Majma al-tawarikh. “Noah’s Ark” Iran (Afghanistan), Herat; Timur's son Shah Rukh (1405-1447) ordered the historian Hafiz-i Abru to write a continuation of Rashid al-Din's famous history of the world, Jami al-tawarikh. Like the Il-Khanids, the Timurids were concerned with legitimizing their right to rule, and Hafiz-i Abru's “A Collection of Histories” covers a period that included the time of Shah Rukh himself.

Hafiz-i Abru was born in Khorasan and studied in Hamadān. He entered Timur's court in the 1380s; after the death of Timur, Hafiz-i Abru continued in the service of Timur's son, Shah Rukh, in Herat. He interacted with other scholars congregating around Timur's and Shah Rukh's courts, and became recognized as a good chess player.[1]

Hafiz-i Abru is the author and/or compiler of numerous works on the history and geography of the Timurid state and adjacent regions, commissioned by his master Shah Rukh.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Maria Eva Subtelny and Charles Melville, "Ḥāfeẓ-e Abru" at Encyclopædia Iranica
  2. ^ Lewis, ed. by B. (1986). Encyclopedia of Islam, Vol 3 (Photomechan. repr. ed.). Leiden [u.a.]: Brill [u.a.] p. 57. ISBN 9004081186. {{cite book}}: |first1= has generic name (help)

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