In the Quran (Islam's primary scripture), Haman (Arabic: هامان, romanized: Hāmān) is not a proper name, but a title of the grand vizier and high priest of the pharaoh, and is associated with him in his court at the time of prophet, Moses. McAuliffe's Encyclopaedia of the Qurʾān among other sources relates "Haman" to be the Arabized form of "Ha-Amana" in Egyptian.[20] This contradicts the story of the Bible, but is in line with Persian historical records which do not contain any reference to the biblical story of a Persian official named Haman during that time period nor the person of Esther.