Attar of Nishapur
Abū Ḥamīd bin Abū Bakr Ibrāhīm (c. 1145 – c. 1221; Persian: ابو حامد بن ابوبکر ابراهیم), better known by his pen-names Farīd ud-Dīn (فرید الدین) and ʿAṭṭār of Nishapur (عطار نیشاپوری, Attar means apothecary), was a Persian[3][4][5] poet, theoretician of Sufism, and hagiographer from Nishapur who had an immense and lasting influence on Persian poetry and Sufism. He wrote a collection of lyrical poems and number of long poems in the philosophical tradition of Islamic mysticism, as well as a prose work with biographies and sayings of famous Muslim mystics.[6] Manṭiq-uṭ-Ṭayr (The Conference of the Birds) and Ilāhī-Nāma (The Book of Divine) and Memorial of the Saints are among his best known works.
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| Mystic Poet | |
| Born | c. 1145[1] Nishapur, Seljuk Empire |
| Died | c. 1220 (aged 74–75) Nishapur, Khwarezmian Empire |
| Resting place | Mausoleum of Attar, Nishapur, Iran |
| Venerated in | Traditional Islam, and especially by Sufis[2] |
| Influences | Ferdowsi, Sanai, Khwaja Abdullah Ansari, Mansur Al-Hallaj, Abu-Sa'id Abul-Khayr, Bayazid Bastami |
| Influenced | Rumi, Hafez, Jami, Ali-Shir Nava'i and many other later Sufi Poets |
Tradition or genre | Mystic poetry |
| Major works | Memorial of the Saints The Conference of the Birds |
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