Attar of Nishapur
Iranian poet
Abū Ḥāmid bin Abū Bakr Ibrāhīm, better known by his pen-names Farīd ud-Dīn and ʿAṭṭār 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. Wikipedia
Born: March 1145, Kadkan, Iran
Died: 1221 (age 76 years), Neyshabur, Iran
Influenced by: Omar Khayyam, Sanai, Mansur Al-Hallaj, and more
Place of burial: Tomb of Fariduddin Attar Neyshaburi, Iran
Major works: Memorial of the Saints; The Conference of the Birds
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