The Conference of the Birds

The Conference of the BirdsBy: Farid ud Din Attar Composed in the twelfth century in northeastern Iran, Attar's great mystical poem is among the most significant works of Persian literature. A marvelous, allegorical rendering of the Islamic doctrine of Sufisman esoteric system concerned with the search for truth through Godit describes the consequences of the conference of the birds of the world when they meet to begin the search for their ideal king, the Simorgh bird. On

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Douglas Coupland

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a helpful friend from Spain

but I just couldn't get inspired

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The lives of the statesmen featured in this collection span the earliest days of the Republic to the establishment of the Empire