The Conference of the Birds

Farīd al-Dīn ʻAṭṭār

Original title: Manṭiq al-ṭayr

first published 1933 Intishārāt-i Sukhan, 2004 paperback 440 pages

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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.

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Editions we hold

Manṭiq al-ṭayr paperback · 2004 · Intishārāt-i Sukhan · 440 pages
The Conference of the Birds hardcover · 2003 · Interlink Books · 93 pages · 9781566564809
Le Voyage des oiseaux paperback · 1999 · Alternatives · 92 pages
The conference of the birds edition · 1984 · Penguin Books · 234 pages
Le Langage des oiseaux = Mantic uttaïr edition · 1982 · Sindbad · 328 pages
The conference of the birds = edition · 1974 · Routledge and Kegan Paul · 147 pages
The conference of the birds = edition · 1954 · Shambhala · 147 pages

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