The Conference of the Birds
First written c. 1177
About this book
A verse translation of ʿAṭṭār’s Manṭiq al-ṭayr, the allegory of the birds’ journey through seven valleys to the Sīmurgh, with the many stories the hoopoe tells along the way, and an introduction to the poem and its Sufi background.
The edition
- Title
- The Conference of the Birds
- Translated by
- Afkham Darbandi, Dick Davis
- Publisher
- Penguin Books, Harmondsworth
- Year
- 1984
- Edition
- Penguin Classics
Availability
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