Attar
Pand-nama (Book of Counsel)
Traditional attribution
Pand-nama (Book of Counsel)
پندنامه (Pand-nama)
A short moral rule-book in rhyming couplets, in grammatically very simple language, which only in its nine closing lines reaches Attar's level. It was widely copied and commented on, translated many times into Turkish, and was the first 'Attar' work translated in Europe: Silvestre de Sacy published it in Paris in 1819 as *Pend-Namèh, ou le Livre des conseils*.
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Authorship note
Apocryphal according to Ritter: the text contains no indication of Attar's authorship, there is no trace of it before the fifteenth century and its language is dry and trite; Nafisi, by contrast, defended it. Even so it became hugely popular, especially among the Turks.
Editions and translations
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Français
Attar
Pend-Namèh, ou le Livre des conseils de Férid-eddin Attar
The Conscious LibraryPend-Namèh, ou le Livre des conseils de Férid-eddin Attar
Imprimerie royale / Debure frères, 1819
Translation: Antoine-Isaac Silvestre de Sacy
Dominio público.
Other works by Attar
- Mantiq al-tayr (The Conference of the Birds) · 1177
- Ilahi-nama (The Book of God)
- Musibat-nama (The Book of Affliction)
- Asrar-nama (The Book of Secrets)
- Tadhkirat al-awliya (Memorial of God's Friends)
- Divan
- Mukhtar-nama (The Book of Selections)
- Khusraw-nama (Gol and Hormoz)
- Mi'raj-nama (Book of the Ascension)
- Jumjuma-nama (Book of the Skull)
- Jawahir-nama (Book of Jewels)
- Sharh al-qalb (Commentary on the Heart)
- Kashf al-asrar and Ma'rifat al-nafs
- Bulbul-nama (Book of the Nightingale)
- Jawhar al-dhat (The Essence of Essence)
- Ushtur-nama (Book of the Camel)
- Haylaj-nama
- Mansur-nama
- Bisar-nama (Book of the Headless)
- Mazhar al-aja'ib (Manifestation of Wonders)
- Lisan al-ghayb (The Tongue of the Unseen)
- Waslat-nama (Book of Union)
- Khayyat-nama (Book of the Tailor)
- Kanz al-asrar (The Treasure of Secrets)
- Miftah al-futuh (The Key of Openings)
- Wasiyat-nama (Book of the Testament)
- Kanz al-haqa'iq (The Treasure of Truths)
- Other ascribed works (Si fasl, Bayan al-irshad, Nuzhat al-ahbab, Mazhar al-dhat)
Sources
- Reinert, Bernd. «ʿAṭṭār, Farīd-al-Dīn». Encyclopaedia Iranica, vol. III, fasc. 1, pp. 20–25. Publicado el 15-12-1987.
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