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001			ASIN0140444343
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008			141125s1984 xxu eng d
020			_a0140444343
020			_a9780140444346
040			_cPK-IsLIS
082			_a891.5511 A883C 1984
100	1		_aAttar, Farid ud-Din.
245	1	4	_aThe conference of the birds / _cFarid ud-Din Attar, Afkham Darbandi, Dick Davis, Dick Davis.
260			_aCambridge [Eng.] : _bPenguin Classics, _c1984.
300			_a234 p.
490	1		_aPenguin classics.
520			_aThe acclaimed translation of a magnificent work of Persian poetry—now updated with new material Composed in the twelfth century in northeastern Iran, Farid Attar’s great mystical poem is among the most significant of all works of Persian literature. A marvelous, allegorical rendering of the Islamic doctrine of Sufism, it describes the pilgrimage of the world’s birds in search of their ideal king, the Simorgh bird, and the arduous journey they take to reach him. This masterly translation preserves the poem’s rhymed couplet form and nuances of la
650		0	_aSufism -- Early works to 1800.
650		0	_aSufi poetry.
650		0	_aSufi poetry, Persian.
700	1		_aDarbandi, Afkham
700	1		_aDavis, Dick,
942			_cBK
999			_c4087 _d4087