Farid ud-Din Attar

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Persian poet Sufi mystic apothecary person pharmacist

Farid ud-Din Attar was a 12th–13th century Persian Sufi poet and mystic best known for his allegorical masterpiece "The Conference of the Birds," which profoundly shaped later Sufi literature and thought.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Farid ud-Din Attar canonical 4
Farid al-Din Attar 2
Abu Hamid bin Abu Bakr Ibrahim Farid al-Din Attar Nishapuri 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Persian poet ⓘ
Sufi mystic ⓘ
apothecary ⓘ
person ⓘ
pharmacist ⓘ
activeInCentury 12th century ⓘ
13th century ⓘ
approximateBirthCentury 12th century ⓘ
approximateDeathCentury 13th century ⓘ
associatedWithPlace Nishapur ⓘ
birthPlace Nishapur ⓘ
causeOfDeath killed during Mongol invasion of Nishapur ⓘ
centralTheme Sufi sainthood ⓘ
annihilation of the self ⓘ
mystical love of God ⓘ
spiritual journey ⓘ
citizenship Persia ⓘ
deathPlace Nishapur ⓘ
ethnicGroup Persian ⓘ
fieldOfWork Islamic ethics ⓘ
Persian literature ⓘ
Sufi thought ⓘ
genre Sufi poetry ⓘ
hagiography ⓘ
mystical allegory ⓘ
influenced Islamic mysticism ⓘ
Rumi ⓘ
surface form: Jalal al-Din Rumi

Sufi literature ⓘ
later Persian Sufi poets ⓘ
influencedBy Abu Sa'id Abu'l-Khayr ⓘ
Hallaj ⓘ
early Sufi saints ⓘ
language Persian ⓘ
literaryForm didactic poetry ⓘ
masnavi ⓘ
prose hagiography ⓘ
movement Sufism ⓘ
name Attar of Nishapur ⓘ
Farid ud-Din Attar self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Farid al-Din Attar

Farid ud-Din Attar self-link ⓘ
notableWork Asrar-nama ⓘ
Ilahi-nama ⓘ
Mantiq al-Tayr ⓘ
Tadhkirat al-Awliya ⓘ
Conference of the Birds ⓘ
surface form: The Conference of the Birds
occupation Sufi theoretician ⓘ
hagiographer ⓘ
mystic ⓘ
poet ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Rumi → influencedBy → Farid ud-Din Attar ⓘ
Sana'i → influenced → Farid ud-Din Attar ⓘ
Farid ud-Din Attar → name → Farid ud-Din Attar self-link ⓘ
Farid ud-Din Attar → name → Farid ud-Din Attar self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Farid al-Din Attar
Attar of Nishapur → name → Farid ud-Din Attar ⓘ
this entity surface form: Farid al-Din Attar
Attar of Nishapur → fullName → Farid ud-Din Attar ⓘ
this entity surface form: Abu Hamid bin Abu Bakr Ibrahim Farid al-Din Attar Nishapuri
Attar of Nishapur → alternativeName → Farid ud-Din Attar ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fariduddin Attar
Conference of the Birds → author → Farid ud-Din Attar ⓘ