Persian · proper noun · People & Roles
Attar
अत्तार
said at-taar
also written: fariduddin attar, attaar, shaikh attar
Meaning
Fariduddin Attar (d. c.1221), Persian Sufi poet of the Conference of the Birds, whose quest for the Simurgh is the soul's journey to God.
Related words
PERSIAN
Simurgh
The great mythical bird of Persian legend, dwelling on the world-mountain and emblem of supreme wisdom.
PERSIAN
Rumi
Jalaluddin Rumi (1207-1273), the great Persian Sufi poet of Konya (Rum), author of the Masnavi, the supreme exemplar of mystical poetry.
PERSIAN
Sanai
Hakim Sanai of Ghazna (d. c. 1131), the early Persian Sufi poet whose Hadiqat al-Haqiqa pioneered the mystical masnavi that Rumi later perfected.
ARABIC
Hudhud
The hoopoe, the guide-bird that in Sufi lore leads the birds toward the Simurgh and carried Solomon's messages.