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The Conference of the Birds
Composed in the twelfth century in north-eastern Iran, Attar's great mystical poem is among the most significant of all works of Persian literature. A marvellous, allegorical rendering of the Islamic doctrine of Sufism - an esoteric system concerned with the search for truth...
The Conference of the Birds (Penguin Classics)
The Conference of the Birds
Considered by Rumi to be "the master" of Sufi mystic poetry, Attar is best known for this epic poem, a magnificent allegorical tale about the soul's search for meaning. He recounts the perilous journey of the world's birds to the faraway peaks of Mount Qaf in search of the...
The Conference of the Birds
The Conference of the Birds
The Conference of the Birds
Farid ud-Din Attar was a Persian poet, druggist, and social theorist of Sufism, who wrote much of his poetry while treating hundreds of patients a day with his herbal remedies. As a young man he made a pilgrimage to Mecca, and sought wisdom during his travels in Egypt, Damascus,...
The Conference of the Birds
The Conference of the Birds
The Conference of the Birds
Considered by Rumi to be "the master" of Sufi mystic poetry, Attar is best known for his epic poem The Conference of the Birds, a magnificent allegorical tale about the soul's search for meaning. The poem recounts the perilous journey of the world's birds to the faraway...
Conference of Birds
Conference of Birds
The Speech of the Birds: Mantiqu't-Tair
Mantiqu't-Tair is one of the masterpieces of Persian literature of which a complete and annotated translation into English is here presented for the first time as The Speech of the Birds. The text revolves around the decision of the birds of the world to seek out a king. Their...
The Canticle of the Birds: Illustrated Through ...
-By turns witty and profound, The Canticle of the Birds transforms deep belief into magnificent poetry
-Featuring 207 Persian, Turkish, Afghan and Indo-Pakistani miniatures from the fourteenth to the seventeenth centuries, from public and private collections from around...
The Conference of Birds: the Sufi's journey to God
The Conference of the Birds - MP3 CD Audiobook
Conference of the Birds: A Seeker's Journey to God
The Conference of the Birds
Conference of the Birds: A Mystic Allegory
The Conference of the Birds
The Conference of the Birds (Bird Parliament)
The Conference of the Birds
Bird Parliament: An allegorical Sufi poem
Bird Parliament or The Conference of the Birds (Manṭiq-uṭ-Ṭayr; 1177) is a Persian allegorical poem by Sufi poet Farid ud-Din Attar, commonly known as Attar of Nishapur. A new edition of the first old edition published in 1889. Translated by Edward FitzGerald...
The Conference of the Birds: A Sufi Fable
Many profound lessons are found within these beautiful allegorical stories about birds that are searching for the meaning of their existence. We are those same birds, seeking our place among each other in this world, while on the path of our soul's journey to our union with...
The Conference of the Birds
Conference of the Birds
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