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Hafiz-i Abru (Classical Persian: حافظ ابرو, romanized: Ḥāfiẓ-i Abrū; died June 1430) was a Persian 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. 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.