Quote of the day
Nobody understood better than Mr. Lincoln the obvious truth that in politics it does not suffice merely to nominate candidates. Something must also be done to elect them.
Attar of Nishapur

Born: 1142
Died: 1221 (aged 79)
Bio: Abū Ḥamīd bin Abū Bakr Ibrāhīm, better known by his pen-names Farīd ud-Dīn and ʿAṭṭār, was a Persian Muslim poet, theoretician of Sufism, and hagiographer from Nishapur who had an immense and lasting influence on Persian poetry and Sufism.
Known for:
- The Conference of the Birds (1177)
- Tazkirat al-Awliya
- The Ilahi-nama
- Fifty Poems of Attar