HISTORIAN
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. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hafiz-i Abru has received more than 69,696 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Hafiz-i Abru is the 322nd most popular historian, the 340th most popular biography from Iran and the 5th most popular Iranian Historian.
Memorability Metrics
70k
Page Views (PV)
57.34
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
18
Languages Editions (L)
4.61
Effective Languages (L*)
1.85
Coefficient of Variation (CV)
Among HISTORIANS
Among historians, Hafiz-i Abru ranks 322 out of 561. Before him are Khalifah ibn Khayyat, Domenico Losurdo, Jean-Baptiste Du Halde, Mikhail Pogodin, Cadmus of Miletus, and Johann Gottfried Eichhorn. After him are Abu Shama, Johannes Meursius, Friedrich Kittler, Gerhard Friedrich Müller, Heinrich Gelzer, and Deborah Lipstadt.
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777 - 854
HPI: 57.49
Rank: 316
Domenico Losurdo
1941 - 2018
HPI: 57.45
Rank: 317
Jean-Baptiste Du Halde
1674 - 1743
HPI: 57.44
Rank: 318
Mikhail Pogodin
1800 - 1875
HPI: 57.42
Rank: 319
Cadmus of Miletus
500 BC - 600 BC
HPI: 57.38
Rank: 320
Johann Gottfried Eichhorn
1752 - 1827
HPI: 57.38
Rank: 321
Hafiz-i Abru
HPI: 57.34
Rank: 322
Abu Shama
1203 - 1267
HPI: 57.34
Rank: 323
Johannes Meursius
1579 - 1639
HPI: 57.31
Rank: 324
Friedrich Kittler
1943 - 2011
HPI: 57.30
Rank: 325
Gerhard Friedrich Müller
1705 - 1783
HPI: 57.30
Rank: 326
Heinrich Gelzer
1847 - 1906
HPI: 57.30
Rank: 327
Deborah Lipstadt
1947 - Present
HPI: 57.22
Rank: 328
In Iran
Among people born in Iran, Hafiz-i Abru ranks 340 out of 631. Before him are Ivan Galamian (1903), Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf (1961), Ali-Akbar Dehkhoda (1879), Kazim Rashti (1793), Jalil Zandi (1951), and Abol-Fath Khan Zand (1755). After him are Masoud Kimiai (1941), Gholam Reza Azhari (1912), Cassandra Clare (1973), Simin Daneshvar (1921), Anousheh Ansari (1966), and Mahmoud Taleghani (1911).
Others born in Iran
Go to all RankingsIvan Galamian
COMPOSER
1903 - 1981
HPI: 57.52
Rank: 334
Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf
POLITICIAN
1961 - Present
HPI: 57.46
Rank: 335
Ali-Akbar Dehkhoda
LINGUIST
1879 - 1959
HPI: 57.42
Rank: 336
Kazim Rashti
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1793 - 1843
HPI: 57.41
Rank: 337
Jalil Zandi
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1951 - 2001
HPI: 57.36
Rank: 338
Abol-Fath Khan Zand
POLITICIAN
1755 - 1779
HPI: 57.35
Rank: 339
Hafiz-i Abru
HISTORIAN
HPI: 57.34
Rank: 340
Masoud Kimiai
FILM DIRECTOR
1941 - Present
HPI: 57.34
Rank: 341
Gholam Reza Azhari
POLITICIAN
1912 - 2001
HPI: 57.30
Rank: 342
Cassandra Clare
WRITER
1973 - Present
HPI: 57.28
Rank: 343
Simin Daneshvar
WRITER
1921 - 2012
HPI: 57.28
Rank: 344
Anousheh Ansari
ENGINEER
1966 - Present
HPI: 57.24
Rank: 345
Mahmoud Taleghani
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1911 - 1979
HPI: 57.22
Rank: 346
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: 65.53
Rank: 1
Ibn al-Faqih
HPI: 61.72
Rank: 2
Sharaf al-Din Ali Yazdi
1500 - 1454
HPI: 61.57
Rank: 3
Ahmad Kasravi
1890 - 1946
HPI: 59.78
Rank: 4
Hafiz-i Abru
HPI: 57.34
Rank: 5
Ehsan Yarshater
1920 - 2018
HPI: 56.18
Rank: 6
Firishta
1560 - 1620
HPI: 53.22
Rank: 7