AcknowledgementPrefaceIntroductionPart One: ProloguePart Two: The BookNotes Part OneNotes Part TwoAppendix IAppendix II
Brought up in a Sufi ambiance, the author of this work, Faridu'd-Din Attar (1145-1221), was an apothecary who lived near Nishapur. Attar, whom legend describes as having taken to the Sufi path in earnest after he witnessed a dervish surrender his soul outside his shop, went on to become one of the most famous Sufi poets in history, best known for his classical work the Mantiqu't-Tair.
'Avery's The Speech of the Birds is the first complete translation in prose of Attar's Mantiqu't-Tair. More important, Avery's copious notes... are invaluable—a real mini-encyclopaedia of mysticism in general and of Sufism in particular, which enhances the understanding and the pleasure of poetry.'
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