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Attar, the Man Who Spoke to Birds:
Today [April 13] marks the birth anniversary of Attar. Attar, Farid-ud-Din Mohammad ibn Ebrahim was born in Neyshabur and lived about 1119?-1220?. He lived for nearly 100 years and was killed by the Mongol invaders. [...]

Attar is one of the most ancient poets of Persia. His work has been a source of inspiration for Rumi and many other mystical Persian poets. Rumi considered Attar the spirit and Sana’i the eyesight, both of whom his poetic masters. Attar met Rumi at the end of his life when Rumi was only a boy and gave his book Asrarnameh (Book of Secrets) as a present to him.

Has anyone seen an online edition of The Conference of the Birds?

This entry was posted by eeksypeeksy on Monday, April 12, 2004 at 10:26 PM. You can skip to the end and leave a response.

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