The Conference of the Birds - Softcover

Attar, Farid Ud-Din

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0993187064 ISBN 13: 9780993187063

Publisher: Toward Publishing, 2016

Synopsis

Abstract: Mantiq Ut-tair, The Conference of the Birds, was composed in the twelfth century by the Persian poet, Farid ud-Din Attar, in the form of an allegorical poem, based on the teaching of the Sufis, of whom Attar was one of the greatest. The book is, as Attar says, ‘A gift for distinguished men and a boon for the common’. Translation: This translation by C. S. Nott was first published in 1954 and at that time only two partial translations were available in England. Stanley Nott’s rendering from the French prose translation of Garcin de Tassy is virtually complete, and as such was the first to appear in English. Garcin de Tassy’s translation is as he says, ‘as literal as I have been able to make it intelligible’. He has also retained the flavour, the spirit, and the teaching of Attar’s poem. The brush drawings by Kate Adamson are based on those in an ancient Persian manuscript of Mantiq Ut-tair. Additional content: The appendix of this book includes a note about Attar, a short section on the Sufis and a glossary of some of the names and other words used throughout the text.

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Language Notes:

Text: English (translation)
Original Language: Persian

About this edition

• Publisher: Toward Publishing
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 0993187064
• ISBN 13: 9780993187063
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 164