Farīd al-Dīn ʻAṭṭār

Farid Al-Din Attar

Farid Al-Din Attar was one of old Persias greatest poets. He appears to have died between a.d. 1220 and 1230. Of the very numerous epics and idylls ascribed to Attar perhaps nine may be recognized as authentic. Of these the most famous is the Manteq Altair, a subtle and charming allegory of the soulʹs progress towards God. This books is a collection of biographies of Sufis, Mystics and Muslims saints.

Episodes from the Tadhkirat Al-Auliya' ('Memorial of the Saints')

Muslim Saints and Mystics

"The great 13th century Sufi poet Farid al-Din Attar is renowned as an author of superb short lyrics written in the Persian language. Dealing with themes of love, passion and mysticism, the versions presented in this book are the first sustained offerings of Attar's lyric poetry in English. The award-winning Iranian-born poet Ali Alizadeh and Persian specialist, Kenneth Avery have collaborated on this project, which aims to bring this remarkably vigorous yet subtle poetry to an English reading audience. The translations are accompanied by the Persian texts themselves and explanatory notes, and are set in the context of his life and times by an illuminating introductory chapter. The editors also offer original analyses of Attar's poetic language and thought."--Provided by publisher.

Fifty poems of ʻAṭṭār

Farah K. Behbehani

The Conference of the Birds, written in the 12th century by the Persian poet and mystic Farid ud-Din Attar, tells how the birds of the world gather in order to search for a mythological king, the Simorgh. Each of the birds represents a different human type a coward, a lover and much of the poem consists of tales told by their leader in answer to their objections to the journey or their questions about it. Farah K. Behbehani has selected stories from this great work of Persian literature (in English verse translation) about thirteen of the birds and their journey, illustrating the Arabic name of each bird in Jali Diwani calligraphy, an ornamental cursive script developed by the Ottomans which is characterized by its profuse embellishment.A line from the Arabic version of the poem that captures the essence of each birds story is also illustrated calligraphically and explained by a graphic system that enables the reader to understand the flow of the text in each composition.This exquisite and beautifully designed book concludes with a glossary of the Arabic alphabet in Jali Diwani script and interpretations of the letters according to Sufi mystical values.

A Study of Farid Ud-Din Attar's Poem Using Jali Diwani Calligraphy

The Conference of the Birds

Episodes from the Tadhkirat Al-Auliya'

Mantık ut-tayr

Mantik üt-tayr-i hazret-i Attar fi tercümet na-mantik ül-esrar

The "Conference of the Birds" is a 12th-century Sufi allegory that has beenescribed as the Islamic "Canterbury Tales". Written by an Iranian Sufi,arid ud-Din Attar, who was a major influence on the work of Rumi, it is thetory of the birds' quest for an ideal king, and an allegory for the Sufi (orystical Islamic) path to enlightenment. Though hugely popular andnfluential in the Islamic world, it is still relatively unfamiliar in theest. In this edition, the poet Raficq Abdulla has reinterpreted key extractso make the insight of Sufism accessible to a contemporary reader. Each pages decorated with illustrations taken from Persian manuscripts in theriental collection at the British Library.;The poem uses the birds' journeyo describe the stages of Sufi enlightenment, and each bird represents auman archetype. At the end of the tale, the birds discover tht what they areeeking is none other than themselves: in Sufism, enlightenment is unity withhe Divine, and the way to God is inward, through one's own soul.

Selections from Attar : Illustrated with Persian Manuscripts

A Philosophical Religious Poem in Prose

Jean-Claude Carrière

Peter Brook

Mantiq Ut-Tair: a Philosophical Religious Poem in Prose

Dīvān-i qasāyid va ghazaliyāt-i Shaykh Farīd al-Dīn Abū Hāmid Muḥammad ibn Abū Bakr Abū Ibṛāhīm Isḥaq ʻAṭṭār Nishāburi ...

Farīd al-Dīn ʻAṭṭār

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