Attar of Nishapur

Poet, Author

1145 – 1220

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Who was Attar of Nishapur?

Abū Ḥamīd bin Abū Bakr Ibrāhīm, better known by his pen-names Farīd ud-Dīn and ʿAṭṭār, was a Persian Muslim poet, theoretician of Sufism, and hagiographer from Nishapur who had an immense and lasting influence on Persian poetry and Sufism.

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Born
1145
Nishapur
Also known as
  • Farīd ud-Dīn ʻAṭṭār
  • Farid al-Din Attar
  • Farīd ʻAṭṭār
Nationality
  • Iran
Profession
Died
1220
Nishapur

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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