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Farid Al Din Attar

Farid al-Din Attar (in Persian : , was a poet Persian (c. 1142 -died between 1190 and 1229), born in Nichapur in Khorasan , where His tomb is located.

" The Conference of the Birds "painted by Habib Allah.

" Ayaz kneeling before Sultan Mahmud of Ghazni "
Preview Six Poems, Southern Iran, 1472

Mausoleum of Farid al-Din Attar in Nishapur

Biography

He left a lucrative business to embrace the doctrine of the Sufis , became a dervish , and indulged in mysticism. He was killed by the Mongols , who invaded his country.

Bibliography

Attar wrote several moral and mystical poetry, the most famous are:

the Pend-Nameh, or Book of advice , ed. Albin Michel (1996, out of print) - repr. Le Seuil, 2010

It depicts birds, who are in search of their king.

Also read

The Conference of Birds, stage adaptation by Jean-Claude Carriere

References

The Book of councils, edited and translated by Antoine-Isaac Silvestre de Sacy , 1819.
published in Persian by Joseph Garcin de Tassy Heliodorus and analyzed by him in his philosophical poetry in Persian.

Source

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The great figures of medieval Islam
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The great figures of medieval Islam