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Biography

Name: Farid ed-Din Attar
Birth Date: c. 1140
Death Date: c. 1234
Nationality: Persian
Gender: Male
Occupations: poet, mystic

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Biography of Farid ed-Din Attar
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Farid ed-Din Attar (ca. 1140-ca. 1234) was a Persian poet and Sufi mystic. Living during a turbulent era of political uncertainty, he turned inward, exploring the realm of God and paths to Him through mystical poetry. Little about Attar is known with...


Quotations
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Attar Quotes
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Farid al-Din Attar (Persian:فریدالدین عطار; c . 1142 – c . 1220 ) was a Persian mystical philosopher and poet. Contents 1 Sourced 1.1 The Conference of the Birds (1177) 2 Unsourced 3 Quotes about Attar 4 External links // Sourced I shall...


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ʿAṭṭār, Farīd Al-Dīn Summary
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ʿAṬṬĀR, FARĪD AL-DĪN (c. 1158–1229 CE) was the most important Ṣūfī poet of the twelfth century, the central figure in the famous trio of Persian Ṣūfī poets...
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Attar Information
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Attar, Attār, or Attâr may refer to: People Attar Singh, Fijian trade unionist of Indian descent Bachir Attar, leader of Master Musicians of Jajouka Chaim ibn Attar (1696-1743), Moroccon rabbi, Talmudist and kabbalist Farid al-Din Attar...


News and Journals
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The Boston Globe
Attar Picks Navy
11/17/1987: 545 words, approx. 2 pages
Matt Attar, Durfee's senior basketball center, has chosen Navy from among more than 100 interested colleges. "Matt had narrowed it down to three -- Navy, William & Mary and Northwestern -- because he's interested in aeronautical engineering," said Durfee coach Skip Karam. ...
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Countryside & Small Stock Journal
A place called Attar.(fiction excerpt)
03/01/1996: 743 words, approx. 3 pages
The first flake floated to Earth unseen by anyone except a daydreaming boy in third grade who was looking out the classroom window. No one else was even aware of the white speck that lazily settled on the asphalt of the playground...and quickly...
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Egyptian: Torture forced spy confession
2/24/2007: 371 words, approx. 1 pages
An Egyptian charged with spying for Israel pleaded not guilty at the start of his trial on Saturday and claimed he had confessed under torture, a court official said.Mohammed el-Attar, who also holds Canadian citizenship, was arrested on Jan. 1 as he returned from abroad...
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Man: Confession extracted under torture
2/28/2007: 605 words, approx. 2 pages
An Egyptian-Canadian man accused of spying for Israel said Wednesday he confessed because he was tortured with electric shocks and his lawyer urged the court to throw out the confession.Mohammed el-Attar, 30, is on trial in the State Security Emergency Court, and has pleaded not...
 


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