Conference of the Birds

Name: Conference of the Birds
Author: Attar Farid ud-Din

by Attar Farid ud-Din

Mystical allegory of birds seeking the mythical Simurgh

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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.

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