Attar of Nishapur in Persia, much of medicine and drugs were based on herbs. Therefore, by profession he was similar to a modern-day town doctor and pharmacist. Rose oil means attar. Several musical artists have albums or songs which share the name of his most famous work, "Conference of the Birds", as well as the themes of enlightenment contained therein. Notably, jazz bassist David Holland's album, which was written as a metaphor for his own enlightenment, and Om's Conference of the Birds, which deals with extremely esoteric themes often connected with metaphors of flight, inward vision, destruction of self, and oneness with the
Abolfazl Attar Abolfazl Attar Mirza Abolfazl Attar. Z () (born September 23, 1968, in Mashhad, Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran) is an Iranian Film Director, Actor, Screenwriter & Editor Abolfazl Attar started learning filmmaking from Dariush Arjmand, in early 1980s.He was an active member of the Iranian Young Cinema Society, in decade 1980s.In 1989, after one year of effort at Iranian Young Cinema Society, he succeeded to change the usual format of 8 mm films, into the 16 mm and 35 mm film-format, by making his 16 mm film titled “A Window To The Alley”.The first film Iranian Young Cinema Society produced which