Attar, Farid Ad-din

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Farid Ad-din Attar - 1142?–1220?, b. Nishapur, Persia, one of the greatest Sufi mystic poets of Islam. His masterpiece is the Mantiq ut-Tair a long allegory of the soul's search for divine truth. His many ot...