Attar of Nishapur

Attar of Nishapur
Attar of Nishapur
	Bust of Attar at his mausoleum
Mystic Poet
Born	c. 1145; Nishapur, Seljuk Empire
Died	c. 1221 (aged 75–76); Nishapur, Khwarezmian Empire
Resting place	Mausoleum of Attar, Nishapur, Iran
Venerated in	Traditional Islam, and especially by Sufis
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

Abū Ḥāmid bin Abū Bakr Ibrāhīm (c. 1145 – c. 1221; Persian: ابوحمید بن ابوبکر ابراهیم), better known by his pen-names Farīd ud-Dīn (فریدالدین) and ʿAṭṭār of Nishapur (عطار نیشاپوری, Attar means apothecary), was an Iranian 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.^[3] The Conference of the Birds, The Book of Divine, and Memorial of the Saints are among his best known works.

^ Encyclopedia Iranica
^ Daadbeh, Asghar and Melvin-Koushki, Matthew, “ʿAṭṭār Nīsābūrī”, in: Encyclopaedia Islamica, Editors-in-Chief: Wilferd Madelung and, Farhad Daftary
^ Oxford illustrated encyclopedia. Judge, Harry George., Toyne, Anthony. Oxford [England]: Oxford University Press. 1985–1993. p. 25. ISBN 0-19-869129-7. OCLC 11814265.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)

[1] Encyclopedia Iranica

[2] Daadbeh, Asghar and Melvin-Koushki, Matthew, “ʿAṭṭār Nīsābūrī”, in: Encyclopaedia Islamica, Editors-in-Chief: Wilferd Madelung and, Farhad Daftary

[3] Oxford illustrated encyclopedia. Judge, Harry George., Toyne, Anthony. Oxford [England]: Oxford University Press. 1985–1993. p. 25. ISBN 0-19-869129-7. OCLC 11814265.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)

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