The conference of the birds
Aṭṭār, Farīd al-Dīn, d. ca. 12302005
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This 12th century Persian work tells of the journey of the birds to visit King Simorgh, representing an allegory of the soul's search for unity with the divine. Sufic belief is that in such unity the distinction between self and the divine fall away.
Main title:
The conference of the birds / Farid Ud-Din Attar ; introduction by Afkham Darbandi and Dick Davis.
Imprint:
London : Penguin, 2005.
Collation:
240 p. ; 20 cm.
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Notes:
Translated from the Persian.
ISBN:
0140444343
Dewey class:
297.4
Language:
EnglishPersian
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BRN:
125127
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