S̲h̲ayk̲h̲ Farídu'd-Dín ‘Aṭṭár, "the Druggist", one who deals in aṭṭar of roses, etc. Great Persian mystic poet of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, born Níshápúr. His copious works include the Manṭiqu'ṭ-Ṭayr in which the birds, in search of the Símurgh, pass through the seven valleys of Search, Love, Knowledge, Independence, Unification, Amazement, Destitution and Annihilation. |