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Hafiz-i Abru
Hafiz-i Abru
Hafez-e Abru (Persian: حافظ ابرو; died June 1430) was a Persian historian working at the courts of Timurid rulers of Central Asia. His full name is ʿAbdallah (or Nur-Allah) Ebn Lotf-Allah Ebn 'Abd-al-Rashid Behdadini; his short name is also transcribed in Western literature as Hafiz-i Abru, Hafez-e Abru, Hafiz Abru etc. 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. Read more on Wikipedia
His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hafiz-i Abru is the 356th most popular historian (down from 322nd in 2019), the 349th most popular biography from Iran (down from 339th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Iranian Historian.
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Among HISTORIANS
Among historians, Hafiz-i Abru ranks 356 out of 561. Before him are Arno Peters, Jérôme Carcopino, Nicholas Adontz, Kurt Aland, Milan Šufflay, and Fernão Lopes. After him are Dino Compagni, J. B. Bury, Edward Granville Browne, Miroslav Hroch, Fenestella, and Israel Gutman.
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Arno Peters
1916 - 2002
HPI: 57.97
Rank: 350
Jérôme Carcopino
1881 - 1970
HPI: 57.87
Rank: 351
Nicholas Adontz
1871 - 1942
HPI: 57.87
Rank: 352
Kurt Aland
1915 - 1994
HPI: 57.83
Rank: 353
Milan Šufflay
1879 - 1931
HPI: 57.74
Rank: 354
Fernão Lopes
1385 - 1458
HPI: 57.72
Rank: 355
Hafiz-i Abru
HPI: 57.69
Rank: 356
Dino Compagni
1255 - 1324
HPI: 57.67
Rank: 357
J. B. Bury
1861 - 1927
HPI: 57.65
Rank: 358
Edward Granville Browne
1862 - 1926
HPI: 57.57
Rank: 359
Miroslav Hroch
1932 - Present
HPI: 57.52
Rank: 360
Fenestella
36 BC - 34
HPI: 57.47
Rank: 361
Israel Gutman
1923 - 2013
HPI: 57.42
Rank: 362
In Iran
Among people born in Iran, Hafiz-i Abru ranks 349 out of 631. Before him are Nasrin Sotoudeh (1963), Abu Said Gorgani (850), Mohammad Ali Fardin (1930), Massoud Rajavi (1948), Ali-Akbar Dehkhoda (1879), and Iraj Mirza (1874). After him are Golshifteh Farahani (1983), Irán Eory (1939), Fakhruddin As'ad Gurgani (1001), Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf (1961), Mohammad Ali Foroughi (1877), and Ahmad Vahidi (1958).
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Nasrin Sotoudeh
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1963 - Present
HPI: 57.90
Rank: 343
Abu Said Gorgani
MATHEMATICIAN
850 - 845
HPI: 57.79
Rank: 344
Mohammad Ali Fardin
ACTOR
1930 - 2000
HPI: 57.77
Rank: 345
Massoud Rajavi
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1948 - Present
HPI: 57.77
Rank: 346
Ali-Akbar Dehkhoda
LINGUIST
1879 - 1959
HPI: 57.76
Rank: 347
Iraj Mirza
WRITER
1874 - 1926
HPI: 57.74
Rank: 348
Hafiz-i Abru
HISTORIAN
HPI: 57.69
Rank: 349
Golshifteh Farahani
ACTOR
1983 - Present
HPI: 57.66
Rank: 350
Irán Eory
ACTOR
1939 - 2002
HPI: 57.66
Rank: 351
Fakhruddin As'ad Gurgani
WRITER
1001 - 1054
HPI: 57.60
Rank: 352
Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf
POLITICIAN
1961 - Present
HPI: 57.59
Rank: 353
Mohammad Ali Foroughi
POLITICIAN
1877 - 1942
HPI: 57.58
Rank: 354
Ahmad Vahidi
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1958 - Present
HPI: 57.51
Rank: 355
Among HISTORIANS In Iran
Among historians born in Iran, Hafiz-i Abru ranks 5. Before him are Abu al-Faraj al-Isfahani (897), Ibn al-Faqih (null), Sharaf al-Din Ali Yazdi (1500), and Ahmad Kasravi (1890). After him are Ehsan Yarshater (1920), and Firishta (1560).
Abu al-Faraj al-Isfahani
897 - 967
HPI: 67.16
Rank: 1
Ibn al-Faqih
HPI: 62.50
Rank: 2
Sharaf al-Din Ali Yazdi
1500 - 1454
HPI: 60.54
Rank: 3
Ahmad Kasravi
1890 - 1946
HPI: 59.84
Rank: 4
Hafiz-i Abru
HPI: 57.69
Rank: 5
Ehsan Yarshater
1920 - 2018
HPI: 56.67
Rank: 6
Firishta
1560 - 1620
HPI: 53.15
Rank: 7
