Conference of the Birds

E363024

Persian literature work Sufi allegory poem

Conference of the Birds is a seminal Sufi poetic allegory, originally by Farid ud-Din Attar and later adapted in various artistic forms, that follows a group of birds on a spiritual quest for divine truth.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
The Conference of the Birds	4
Conference of the Birds canonical	3
Conference of the Birds (Peter Brook stage adaptation)	1
Conference of the Birds (contemporary dance and theatre)	1
Conference of the Birds (visual art works)	1
Om – Conference of the Birds	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Persian literature work ⓘ Sufi allegory ⓘ poem ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Mantiq al-Tayr ⓘ Conference of the Birds ⓘ surface form: The Conference of the Birds
approximateCentury	12th century ⓘ
author	Farid ud-Din Attar ⓘ
centralFigure	hoopoe ⓘ
contains	dialogues between hoopoe and other birds ⓘ parable-like stories ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Persia ⓘ
didacticFunction	instruction in Sufi path ⓘ
ending	birds realize Simurgh is their own transformed reality ⓘ
genre	allegorical poem ⓘ mystical poetry ⓘ
hasAdaptation	Conference of the Birds self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Conference of the Birds (Peter Brook stage adaptation) Conference of the Birds self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Conference of the Birds (contemporary dance and theatre) Om album "Conference of the Birds" ⓘ surface form: Conference of the Birds (musical compositions) Conference of the Birds self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Conference of the Birds (visual art works)
influenced	Persian mystical poetry ⓘ Sufi literature ⓘ modern spiritual literature ⓘ
influencedBy	Quranic themes ⓘ earlier Sufi thought ⓘ
keyConcept	Simurgh ⓘ seven valleys ⓘ
literaryForm	masnavi ⓘ
literarySignificance	major classic of Sufi literature ⓘ one of Attar's most famous works ⓘ
mainCharacters	birds ⓘ
narrativeStructure	frame narrative with embedded tales ⓘ
numberOfBirds	thirty ⓘ
originalLanguage	Persian ⓘ
period	medieval Persian literature ⓘ
philosophicalConcept	baqā (subsistence in God) ⓘ fanā (annihilation in God) ⓘ
religiousContext	Islamic mysticism ⓘ
religiousTradition	Sufism ⓘ
setting	mythical landscape of seven valleys ⓘ
subjectMatter	mystical journey toward God ⓘ
symbolism	Simurgh ⓘ surface form: Simurgh represents the Divine birds represent human seekers ⓘ journey represents spiritual path ⓘ
theme	annihilation of the self ⓘ mystical love ⓘ search for divine truth ⓘ spiritual quest ⓘ unity of being ⓘ
titleEtymology	title refers to gathering of birds for spiritual journey ⓘ

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Subject: Conference of the Birds
Description of subject: Conference of the Birds is a seminal Sufi poetic allegory, originally by Farid ud-Din Attar and later adapted in various artistic forms, that follows a group of birds on a spiritual quest for divine truth.

Referenced by (11)

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

OM → notableWork → Conference of the Birds ⓘ

Persian literature → hasNotableWork → Conference of the Birds ⓘ

Farid ud-Din Attar → notableWork → Conference of the Birds ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Conference of the Birds

Attar of Nishapur → notableWork → Conference of the Birds ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Conference of the Birds

Attar of Nishapur → knownFor → Conference of the Birds ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Conference of the Birds

Al Cisneros → notableWork → Conference of the Birds ⓘ

Conference of the Birds → hasAdaptation → Conference of the Birds self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Conference of the Birds (Peter Brook stage adaptation)

Conference of the Birds → hasAdaptation → Conference of the Birds self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Conference of the Birds (visual art works)

Conference of the Birds → hasAdaptation → Conference of the Birds self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Conference of the Birds (contemporary dance and theatre)

Conference of the Birds → alsoKnownAs → Conference of the Birds ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Conference of the Birds

Neurot Recordings → notableRelease → Conference of the Birds ⓘ

this entity surface form: Om – Conference of the Birds