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Bird Parliament
Farid ud-Din Attar · Islam · c. 1177
Translated by Edward FitzGerald (1889)
20 chapters
A celebrated Sufi allegorical poem about a group of birds journeying to find their king, representing the soul's quest for God.
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Contents
- 1The Assembly of Birds
- 2The Story of Bajazyd
- 3The Pheasant
- 4The Nightingale
- 5The Parrot
- 6The Peacock
- 7The Owl
- 8The Partridge
- 9The Shah-Falcon
- 10The Phoenix
- 11The Duck
- 12The Ring-Dove
- 13The Birds Debate
- 14The Birds' Hesitation
- 15Further Objections
- 16The Tajidar's Exhortation
- + 4 more chapters
