# Attar of Nishapur

> A 12th-century Persian apothecary whose allegorical poetry became the blueprint for Islamic mysticism — his influence on Rumi alone secured his place, but it's The Conference of the Birds, a poem about thirty birds seeking God, that still gets taught in philosophy seminars eight centuries later.

*Persian Sufi poet (c. 1145 – c. 1221)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Writer / Author
- **Category:** Writers
- **Born:** 1145
- **Died:** 1221-04-26
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Faridoddin Abu Hamed Mohammad worked as an apothecary in Nishapur around 1145, a trade that gave him his pen name Attar. He turned to writing lyrical and long philosophical poems rooted in Sufi mysticism, alongside a prose collection of biographies and sayings of Muslim mystics. The Conference of the Birds and Book of the Divine established him as a theoretician whose allegorical method would shape Persian poetry for generations. His work reached Rumi, who carried the mystical tradition forward. Attar died around 1221, leaving a body of writing that remains central to the study of Sufism.

## Fame
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## Topics
#Writers, #Academic, #Philosophy, #Poetry, #Literature, #Medieval Era

## Sources
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attar_of_Nishapur)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q194091)
- [Pantheon 2.0](https://pantheon.world/profile/person/Attar%20of%20Nishapur)
- [فريد الدين العطار](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AF_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%B7%D8%A7%D8%B1)
- [Fəridəddin Əttar](https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/F%C9%99rid%C9%99ddin_%C6%8Fttar)
- [Фарид ад-Дин Аттар](https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B4_%D0%B0%D0%B4-%D0%94%D0%B8%D0%BD_%D0%90%D1%82%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%80)
- [ফরিদ উদ্দিন আত্তার](https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AB%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A6_%E0%A6%89%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A6%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A8_%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0)
- [Feriduddin Attar](https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feriduddin_Attar)
- [Farid-ad-Din Attar](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farid-ad-Din_Attar)
- [عەتتار](https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B9%DB%95%D8%AA%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B1)
- [Fariduddin Attar](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fariduddin_Attar)
- [Ferîddudîn Attar](https://diq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fer%C3%AEddud%C3%AEn_Attar)
- [Farid ad-Din Attar](https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farid_ad-Din_Attar)
- [Farid al Din Attar](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farid_al_Din_Attar)
- [Farīd ud-Dīn ‘Aţţār](https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Far%C4%ABd_ud-D%C4%ABn_%E2%80%98A%C5%A3%C5%A3%C4%81r)
- [Farid ad-Din Attar](https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farid_ad-Din_Attar)
- [عطار](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B9%D8%B7%D8%A7%D8%B1)
- [Faridaddin Attar](https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faridaddin_Attar)
- [Farid al-Din Attar](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farid_al-Din_Attar)
- [Attar](https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attar)
- [פריד א-דין עטאר](https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A4%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%93_%D7%90-%D7%93%D7%99%D7%9F_%D7%A2%D7%98%D7%90%D7%A8)
- [ख़्वाजा फ़रीदुद्दीन अत्तार](https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%96%E0%A4%BC%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%AB%E0%A4%BC%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%A8_%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0)
- [Attár](https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Att%C3%A1r)
- [Աթթար](https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B1%D5%A9%D5%A9%D5%A1%D6%80)
- [Fariduddin Attar](https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fariduddin_Attar)
- [Wikiquote](https://az.wikiquote.org/wiki/F%C9%99rid%C9%99ddin_%C6%8Fttar)
- [Wikiquote](https://de.wikiquote.org/wiki/Fariduddin_Attar)
- [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Attar_of_Nishapur)
- [Wikiquote](https://es.wikiquote.org/wiki/Farid_al_Din_Attar)
- [Wikiquote](https://fa.wikiquote.org/wiki/%D8%B9%D8%B7%D8%A7%D8%B1_%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B1%DB%8C)

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