tr. into English verse; with notes critical, and explanatory, by John Nott., Persian and English on opposite pages., Main Heritage Shelves General, PK6465.Z31 N655 1787, Book, Item-ID: i10175490, BIB-ID: 1019185

The author, Abû Tâlib Muhammad ibn Abû Bakr Ibrâhîm, mostly known as ʻAṭṭār, "the druggist" (), was born in 513 (1119 AD) near Nishapur and was probably killed by Mongols in 627 (1230 AD). "He was, as his common appellation implies, a pharmacist by profession, and kept a store where he hi ...