Hafiz-i Abru
Hafiz-i Abru | |
|---|---|
| Born | Abd Allah ibn Lutf Allah ibn Abd al-Rashid Bihdadini |
| Died | June 1430 |
| Occupation | Historian |
| Title | Court Historian |
| Academic work | |
| Era | Timurid period |
Notable works | Majma al-tawarikh (The Compendium of History), Zubdat at-tawarikh-i Baysunghuri (Baysunqur’s Cream of History) |
Hafiz-i Abru[1][a] (Classical Persian: حافظ ابرو, romanized: Ḥāfiẓ-i Abrū; died June 1430) was a Persian[1] historian working at the courts of Timurid rulers of Central Asia. His full name is Abd Allah (or Nur Allah) ibn Lutf Allah ibn Abd al-Rashid Bihdadini.[3][b]
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.[2]
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, in particular Majma al-tawarikh ("World Histories").[2]
Notes
- ↑ Also rendered as Hafiz Abru. Less commonly transliterated as Hafez-e Abru,[2] after modern Iranian Persian pronunciation.
- ↑ Also transliterated as "ʿAbd-Allāh (or Nur-Allāh) b. Loṭf-Allāh b. ʿAbd-al-Rašid Behdādini",[2] after modern Iranian Persian pronunciation.
References
- 1 2 Tauer 1971.
- 1 2 3 4 Subtelny & Melville 2002
- ↑ Histoire de l’art (in French). 1988. p. 52.: "Abd Allah b. Lutf Allah b. Abd al-Rashid al-Bihdadini".
Sources
- Subtelny, Maria; Melville, Charles (2002). "Ḥāfeẓ-e Abru". Encyclopaedia Iranica, Vol. XI, Fasc. 5. pp. 507–509.
- Tauer, F. (1971). "Ḥāfiẓ-i Abrū". In Lewis, B.; Ménage, V. L.; Pellat, Ch. & Schacht, J. (eds.). The Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition. Volume III: H–Iram. Leiden: E. J. Brill. OCLC 495469525.