Farīd al-Dīn 'Aṭṭār

Persian Muslim poet, theoretician of Sufism, and hagiographer Born: c. 1142 in Nīshāpūr, Iran Died: c. 1220 in Mecca, Arabia Also known as: Farīd al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Ibrāhīm ʿAṭṭār Farīd al-Dīn Abū Ḥamīd Muḥammad Attar of Nishapur