Title: Manṭiq al-ṭayr
Subtitle: Mantiq Ut-tair : a philosophical religious poem in prose
First published: 1933
Description: An allegorical poem by twelfth-century Sufi poet Farid Ud-Din Attar in which a gathering of birds embark upon a quest for Simurgh, the lord of creation.
Subjects: Sufism, Early works to 1800, Sufi poetry, Persian Sufi poetry, Translations into English, Translations into French, Poetry, Indo-Iranian Literature, Middle Eastern, General, Sufi poetry, Persian, Asian, Christian Life - Inspirational - Gifts, Muslim saints