Farid ud-Din Attar
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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.
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 |
| Fariduddin Attar | 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
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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.
this entity surface form:
Farid al-Din Attar
this entity surface form:
Farid al-Din Attar
this entity surface form:
Abu Hamid bin Abu Bakr Ibrahim Farid al-Din Attar Nishapuri
this entity surface form:
Fariduddin Attar