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    Attar of Nishapur

    Persian Sufi poet (c. 1145 – c. 1221)

    Faridoldin Abu Hamed Mohammad Attar Neyshaburi, better known by his pen-names Faridoldin and ʿAttar of Nishapur, was an Iranian poet, theoretician of Sufism, and hagiographer from Nishapur who had an immense and lasting influence on Persian poetry and Sufism. He wrote a collection of lyrical poems and number of long poems in the philosophical tradition of Islamic mysticism, as well as a prose work with biographies and sayings of famous Muslim mystics. The Conference of the Birds, Book of the Divine, and Memorial of the Saints are among his best known works. Wikipedia

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    Faridoddin Abu Hamed Mohammad Attar Nishapuri (c. 1145 - c. 1221; Persian: ابوحمید محمد عطار نیشاپوری), better known by his pen-names Faridoddin (فریدالدین) and ʿAttar of Nishapur (عطار نیشاپوری, Attar means apothecary), was an Iranian poet, theoretician of Sufism, and hagiographer from Nishapur who had an immense and lasting influence on Persian ...
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    Farīd al-Dīn ʿAṭṭār (born 1142?, Nīshāpūr, Iran—died c. 1220, Nīshāpūr) was a Persian Muslim poet who was one of the greatest Sufi (mystical) writers and thinkers, composing at least 45,000 distichs (couplets) and many brilliant prose works.. As a young man Farīd al-Dīn traveled widely, visiting Egypt, Syria, Arabia, India, and Central Asia.
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  5. iranicaonline.org

    ʿAṬṬĀR, SHAIKH FARĪD-AL-DĪN, (شیخ فریدالدین عطّار) Persian poet, Sufi, theoretician of mysticism, and hagiographer, born ca. 540/1145-46 at Nīšāpūr, and died there in 618/1221.His name was Abū Ḥāmed Moḥammad b. Abī Bakr Ebrāhīm or, according to Ebn al-Fowatī, b. Saʿd b. Yūsof. ʿAṭṭār and Farīd-al-dīn were his pen-names.
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    Farid al-Din Attar was a Persian poet and Sufi mystic who profoundly impacted Persian literature and Sufi thought. He lived and wrote during a period of intense intellectual and spiritual ferment in Persia, marked by the flourishing of Sufi orders and the rise of Persian literary traditions.
  8. worldspirituality.org

    Fariduddin Attar was born in the village of Kerken near Nishapur in Khorassan, A.D. 1119 under the Sultan Sandjar. Some years after his birth his father removed to Schadbakh, where he kept a druggist's shop. On his father's death, Fariduddin carried on the business, whence he received his cognomen Attar (druggist).
  9. newworldencyclopedia.org

    Abū Hamīd bin Abū Bakr Ibrāhīm (1120 - c. 1229), much better known by his pen-names Farīd ud-Dīn (Persian: فریدالدین) and 'Attār (Persian: عطار —"the pharmacist"), was a Persian and Muslim poet, Sufi, theoretician of mysticism, and hagiographer.Comparatively few details are known for certain about his life. He spent several years traveling and studying at some of the ...
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    The Conference of the Birds or Speech of the Birds (Arabic: منطق الطیر, Manṭiq-uṭ-Ṭayr, also known as مقامات الطیور Maqāmāt-uṭ-Ṭuyūr; 1177) [1] is a Persian poem by Sufi poet Farid ud-Din Attar, commonly known as Attar of Nishapur.The title is taken directly from the Qur'an, 27:16, where Sulayman and Dāwūd are said to have been taught the language, or ...
  11. simple.wikipedia.org

    Abū Hamīd bin Abū Bakr Ibrāhīm better known by his pen-name Farīd-ud-dīn Attār (i.e. 'Farid-ud-din the perfumer'), was a Persian poet, Sufi and Muslim theoretician. Little is known about his life and he was probably born in Nishapur, Persia, sometime in the 1140s.He died in 1220 AD. His most famous works are his long allegorical poem, Mantiq at -Tayr (The Conference of Birds) and his ...
  12. Sufi Biography: Faridudin Attar. Faridi-ul-Din Attar (or Faridudin) was born in Nishapur, in the Iranian province of Khorasan and died in the same city. He has often being referred as Farid-ul-Din of Nishapur. The word 'Attar' (perfumist) derives from Arabic/Persian word 'Iter' meaning perfume. Attar therefore refers to profession of Farid-ul-Din which eventually became more of his ...
  13. id.wikipedia.org

    Fariduddin Attar adalah seorang penyair sufi yang cukup terkenal. [1] Nama lengkapnya adalah Fariduddin Abu Hamid Muhammad bin Ibrahim. Fariduddin Attar merupakan nama julukan yang diberikan kepadanya saat masih muda. Julukan lain yang diterimanya adalah Si Penyebar Wangi.

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