Attar of Nishapur
Attar of Nishapur | |
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Bust of Attar at his mausoleum | |
| Mystic Poet | |
| Born | c. 1145 Nishapur, Seljuk Empire |
| Died | c. 1221 (aged 75–76) Nishapur, Khwarezmian Empire |
| Resting place | Mausoleum of Attar, Nishapur, Iran |
| Venerated in | Islam, and especially by Sufis |
| Influences | Ferdowsi, Sanai, Khwaja Abdullah Ansari, Mansur Al-Hallaj, Abu-Sa'id Abul-Khayr, Bayazid Bastami |
| Influenced | Rumi, Hafez, Jami, Ali-Shir Nava'i and many other later Sufi Poets |
Tradition or genre | Mystic poetry |
| Major works | Memorial of the Saints The Conference of the Birds |
| Part of a series on Islam Sufism |
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Faridoddin Abu Hamed Mohammad Attar Nishapuri (c. 1145 – c. 1221; Persian: ابوحامد محمد عطار نیشابوری), better known by his pen-names Faridoddin (فریدالدین) and ʿAttar of Nishapur (عطار نیشاپوری, Attar means apothecary), was a poet, theoretician of Sufism, and hagiographer from Nishapur who had an immense and lasting influence on Persian poetry and Sufism. He wrote a collection of lyrical poems and number of long poems in the philosophical tradition of Islamic mysticism, as well as a prose work with biographies and sayings of famous Muslim mystics. The Conference of the Birds, Book of the Divine, and Memorial of the Saints are among his best known works.