Attar Farid ud-Din
Persian Sufi poet whose allegorical masterwork The Conference of the Birds is one of the great mystical poems of world literature. Attar was a major influence on Rumi and the entire Sufi literary tradition.
Works
- Conference of the BirdsMystical allegory of birds seeking the mythical Simurgh
- Ilahi-NamaSpiritual narrative about divine knowledge and human transformation
- Musibat-NamaProse work on suffering and spiritual development
- The Conference of the BirdsMystical allegory of birds seeking the mythical Simurgh
- Asrar-NamaCollection of esoteric teachings and spiritual discourses
- Tazkirat al-AwliyaBiographies of Islamic saints and spiritual masters