Attar
Bulbul-nama (Book of the Nightingale)
Traditional attribution
Bulbul-nama (Book of the Nightingale)
بلبلنامه (Bulbul-nama)
A masnavi in which the nightingale, brought before Solomon for singing love songs to the rose, defends himself and is finally vindicated. It is a variation on the nightingale-and-rose symbolism central to Persian lyric, and circulated widely under Attar's name.
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Authorship note
Doubtful attribution: Ritter placed it in his first group, but Nafisi judged it spurious on grounds of style.
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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
- Pand-nama (Book of Counsel)
- 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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