The Conference of the Birds by Farid ud-Din Attar

The Conference of the Birds

Farid ud-Din Attar with Dick Davis (Translator), Afkham Darbandi (Translator)

240 pages • first pub 1177 (editions)

nonfiction classics poetry religion adventurous reflective slow-paced
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Composed in the twelfth century in north-eastern Iran, Attar's great mystical poem is among the most significant of all works of Persian literature. A marvellous, allegorical rendering of the Islamic doctrine of Sufism - an esoteric system concern...

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