Hiram Abiff: fact or fiction

Lot has been written over the years about this mystic character of the Freemasonry Bible.

Hiram Abiff: a detailed history
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I am still unable to decide if he was a real person during King Solomon's times or a fabric of imagination of some British prankster who took his prank too far.

I mean all the guys are unable to pinpoint who exactly is Hiram Abiff of Freemasons in Christian Bible or Holy Koran.

They just suggest it is one of the positive Hirams. No Abiff mentioned though.

So many Hirams seem to make the Masonic Hiram Abiff.

Does that make it real? Was King Solomon real. He had a friend King Hiram of Tyre. Maybe the Christian and Muslim books mention the Tyre King and not the mystical priest of the sanctum sanctorium of King Solomon's legendary temple.

Any thoughts, links, articles, artifacts???