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