Farid ud-Din Attar
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Farid ud-Din Attar was a 12th–13th century Persian Sufi poet and mystic best known for his allegorical masterpiece "The Conference of the Birds," which profoundly shaped later Sufi literature and thought.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Farid ud-Din Attar canonical | 4 |
| Farid al-Din Attar | 2 |
| Abu Hamid bin Abu Bakr Ibrahim Farid al-Din Attar Nishapuri | 1 |
| Fariduddin Attar | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Target entity: Farid ud-Din Attar Context triple: [Rumi, influencedBy, Farid ud-Din Attar]
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Hafez
Hafez was a 14th-century Persian lyric poet renowned for his ghazals, which explore themes of love, mysticism, and the divine, and remain central to Persian literature and culture.
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Rumi
Rumi was a 13th-century Persian poet, Islamic scholar, and Sufi mystic whose spiritually profound and lyrical works have made him one of the most beloved poets in world literature.
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C.
Shams-e Tabrizi
Shams-e Tabrizi was a 13th-century Persian mystic and wandering dervish whose spiritual companionship profoundly transformed the poet Rumi and inspired much of his most celebrated work.
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D.
Saadi
Saadi was a renowned 13th-century Persian poet and prose writer best known for his moralistic and philosophical works such as "Bustan" and "Gulistan."
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Omar Khayyam
Omar Khayyam was an 11th–12th century Persian polymath renowned as a poet, mathematician, and astronomer, best known in the West for the Rubáiyát in its English translation.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Farid ud-Din Attar Target entity description: Farid ud-Din Attar was a 12th–13th century Persian Sufi poet and mystic best known for his allegorical masterpiece "The Conference of the Birds," which profoundly shaped later Sufi literature and thought.
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A.
Hafez
Hafez was a 14th-century Persian lyric poet renowned for his ghazals, which explore themes of love, mysticism, and the divine, and remain central to Persian literature and culture.
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B.
Rumi
Rumi was a 13th-century Persian poet, Islamic scholar, and Sufi mystic whose spiritually profound and lyrical works have made him one of the most beloved poets in world literature.
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C.
Shams-e Tabrizi
Shams-e Tabrizi was a 13th-century Persian mystic and wandering dervish whose spiritual companionship profoundly transformed the poet Rumi and inspired much of his most celebrated work.
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D.
Saadi
Saadi was a renowned 13th-century Persian poet and prose writer best known for his moralistic and philosophical works such as "Bustan" and "Gulistan."
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E.
Omar Khayyam
Omar Khayyam was an 11th–12th century Persian polymath renowned as a poet, mathematician, and astronomer, best known in the West for the Rubáiyát in its English translation.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Persian poet
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Sufi mystic ⓘ apothecary ⓘ person ⓘ pharmacist ⓘ |
| activeInCentury |
12th century
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13th century ⓘ |
| approximateBirthCentury | 12th century ⓘ |
| approximateDeathCentury | 13th century ⓘ |
| associatedWithPlace | Nishapur ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Nishapur ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | killed during Mongol invasion of Nishapur ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
Sufi sainthood
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annihilation of the self ⓘ mystical love of God ⓘ spiritual journey ⓘ |
| citizenship | Persia ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Nishapur ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Persian ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Islamic ethics
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Persian literature ⓘ Sufi thought ⓘ |
| genre |
Sufi poetry
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hagiography ⓘ mystical allegory ⓘ |
| influenced |
Islamic mysticism
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Rumi ⓘ
surface form:
Jalal al-Din Rumi
Sufi literature ⓘ later Persian Sufi poets ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Abu Sa'id Abu'l-Khayr
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Hallaj ⓘ early Sufi saints ⓘ |
| language | Persian ⓘ |
| literaryForm |
didactic poetry
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masnavi ⓘ prose hagiography ⓘ |
| movement | Sufism ⓘ |
| name |
Attar of Nishapur
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Farid ud-Din Attar self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Farid al-Din Attar
Farid ud-Din Attar self-link ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Asrar-nama
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Ilahi-nama ⓘ Mantiq al-Tayr ⓘ Tadhkirat al-Awliya ⓘ Conference of the Birds ⓘ
surface form:
The Conference of the Birds
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| occupation |
Sufi theoretician
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hagiographer ⓘ mystic ⓘ poet ⓘ |
| religion | Islam ⓘ |
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Subject: Farid ud-Din Attar Description of subject: Farid ud-Din Attar was a 12th–13th century Persian Sufi poet and mystic best known for his allegorical masterpiece "The Conference of the Birds," which profoundly shaped later Sufi literature and thought.
Referenced by (8)
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