Attar of Nishapur

Faridoddin Abu Hamed Mohammad Attar Nishapuri, better known by his pen-names Faridoddin (فریدالدین) and Attar of Nishapur, or simply Attar, was an Iranian poet, theoretician of Sufism, and hagiographer from Nishapur who had an immense and lasting influence on Persian poetry, on poet Rumi, and on Sufism.

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Who was born first?

• Attar of Nishapur and Najmuddin Kubra were born the same year
• Attar of Nishapur and Abu Hafs Umar al-Suhrawardi were born the same year
• Attar of Nishapur was born 5 years before Amalric of Bena
• Attar of Nishapur was born 6 years after Lu Jiuyuan
• Attar of Nishapur was born 10 years before Shihab al-Din Suhrawardi

Timeline

1. Lu JiuyuanMarch 26, 1139 – January 10, 1193
2. Abu Hafs Umar al-Suhrawardi1145–1234
3. Attar of Nishapur (this page)March 1145 – April 26, 1221
4. Najmuddin Kubra1145 – July 2, 1221
5. Amalric of Benacirca 1150 – circa 1206
6. Shihab al-Din Suhrawardi1155–1191

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