Mantiq al-Tayr — The Conference of the Birds | Persian Art Print

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Mantiq al-Tayr — The Conference of the Birds | Persian Art PrintThe Mantiq al Tayr (Conference of the Birds, c. 1177 CE) by the Persian Sufi poet Farid ud Din Attar (c. 1145c. 1221) is one of the supreme works of Sufi mystical literature an allegory in which thousands of birds journey in search of their king, the Simurgh, and in finding him discover that they are themselves the divine they sought. Its illustrated manuscripts, particularly a celebrated 17th century Safavid edition now partly held in the

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