Attar
Farid ad-Din Attar (färēd' äd-dēn ät-tär'), 1142?-1220?, b. Nishapur, Persia, one of the greatest Sufi mystic poets of Islam. His masterpiece is the Mantiq ut-Tair (The Conference of the Birds), a long allegory of the soul's search for divine truth. His many other works include Tadkhirat al-Awliya, (Biographies of the Saints) which contains biographies of many Sufi mystics. His name also appears as Ferid Eddin Attar and Farid ud-Din Attar.
Bibliography
See his Conference of the Birds (tr. 1971), and Muslim Saints and Mystics (tr. 1979).
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, Died c. 1229.Persian poet and mystic whose masterpiece, Conference of the Birds, is an allegorical survey of Sufism.
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Attar (Arabic: عطار, ʿAṭṭār) is a common surname in the Muslim and Arab world, it may refer to:
People
- Attar of Nishapur (c.1142–c.1220), Persian Sufi poet
- Attar Singh, Fijian trade unionist of Indian descent
- Bachir Attar, leader of Master Musicians of Jajouka
- Chaim ibn Attar (1696-1743), Moroccon rabbi, Talmudist
- Hajji Zayn al-Attar, 14th century Persian physician
- Muhammad Said al-Attar (born 1927), acting Prime Minister of Yemen for five months in 1994
- Najah al-Attar (born 1933), current Vice President of Syria
- Suad al-Attar (born 1942), renowned Iraqi painter
- Allama Ilyas Attar Qadri, Muslim scholar and spiritual leader
- Ali Reza Sheikh Attar (born 1952), Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Germany
Fictional characters
- Attar (Planet of the Apes), in Planet of the Apes, a noble ape soldier played by Michael Clarke Duncan
Other uses
- Attar, Madhya Pradesh, town in Madhya Pradesh, India
- Attar of roses, the essential oil extracted from the petals of various types of rose
- Attar (god), a western Semitic god.
- Ittar, Attar, or Itr, a natural perfume extracted from the juices of flowers, herbs, spices, and/or barks into a base oil such as Sandalwood oil.
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