Attar of Nishapur Saint

Abū Ḥamīd bin Abū Bakr Ibrāhīm (c. 1145 – c. 1221; Persian: ابو حامد بن ابوبکر ابراهیم‎), better known by his pen-names Farīd ud-Dīn (فرید الدین) and ʿAṭṭār (عطار, "the perfumer"), was a Persian Muslim poet, theoretician of Sufism, and hagiographer from Nishapur who had an immense and lasting influence on Persian poetry and Sufism.

Personal facts

Attar of Nishapur
Birth dateJanuary 01, 1145
Birth place
Persian Empire , Nishapur
Place of death
Persian Empire , Nishapur
TitleMystic Poet

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Saint

venerated in
Islam

Topical connections

Omar KhayyámPhilosopher
Bhai Nand LalWriter
Baba AliComedian
Abdolkarim SoroushPhilosopher

Attar of Nishapur on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://551.ir/en/neyshabur/tourism/panoramic-images-of-attar-and-kamalalmolk-tombs
  2. http://ganjoor.net
  3. http://www.angelfire.com/rnb/bashiri/Poets/Attar.html#Farid
  4. http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/attar-farid-al-din-persian-poet-and-sufi
  5. http://www.poetseers.org/spiritual_and_devotional_poets/sufi/attar/attarp
  6. http://www.re-press.org/content/view/50/38
  7. http://www.scribd.com/doc/29159138/Attar-Complete