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gptkb:literature
gptkb:poetry
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gptkbp:allegoryFor
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soul's quest for enlightenment
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gptkbp:author
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gptkb:Attar_of_Nishapur
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gptkbp:centralTo
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gptkb:Simurgh
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gptkbp:contains
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gptkb:spirituality
parables
moral lessons
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gptkbp:countryOfOrigin
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gptkb:Persia
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gptkbp:depicts
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birds seeking Simurgh
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gptkbp:explores
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themes of divine love
themes of self-annihilation
themes of unity
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gptkbp:firstPublished
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circa 1177
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gptkbp:form
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masnavi
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gptkbp:genre
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Sufi poetry
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Mantiq al-Tayr
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gptkbp:influenced
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gptkb:Sufism
gptkb:Rumi
gptkb:Jalal_al-Din_Muhammad_Balkhi
Sufi allegorical literature
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gptkbp:influencedBy
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gptkb:Sufism
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gptkbp:language
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gptkb:Persian
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gptkbp:line
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approximately 4500
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gptkbp:mainCharacter
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birds
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gptkbp:mainTheme
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gptkb:spirituality
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gptkbp:notableAdaptation
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gptkb:Jean-Claude_Carrière_(theatre)
Peter Brook (theatre)
Sholeh Wolpé (translation)
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gptkbp:notableCharacter
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gptkb:Simurgh
hoopoe
thirty birds
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gptkbp:notableFor
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gptkb:British_Library
gptkb:Metropolitan_Museum_of_Art
gptkb:Topkapi_Palace_Museum
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gptkbp:notableVerseForm
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mathnawi
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gptkbp:relatedWork
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gptkb:The_Book_of_Divine
gptkb:The_Conference_of_the_Birds_(opera)
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gptkbp:setting
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mythical journey
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gptkbp:structure
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rhyming couplets
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gptkbp:subject
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self-discovery
search for God
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gptkbp:title
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gptkb:Conference_of_the_Birds
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gptkbp:translatedInto
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gptkb:Richard_Burton
gptkb:Dick_Davis
gptkb:Afkham_Darbandi
gptkb:Edward_FitzGerald
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gptkbp:writtenBy
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12th century
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Attar_of_Nishapur
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5
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