TY - BOOK AU - Attar,Farid al-Din AU - Davis,Dick AU - Darbandi,Afkham TI - The conference of the birds T2 - The Penguin classics SN - 0140444343 PY - 1984/// CY - Harmondsworth PB - Penguin Books KW - Sufi poetry KW - Sufi poetry, Persian KW - Sufism KW - Early works to 1800 N1 - Translation of: Man{u4A71} al-{u4879}r; 'Biographical index': pages [230]-234 N2 - An allegorical poem about the search of the world's birds for the perfect king illustrates the mystical beliefs of sufism ER -