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
Attar of Nishapur of further products of his pen: He also states, in the introduction of the "Mukhtār-Nāma", that he destroyed the "Jawāhir-Nāma' and the "Šarḥ al-Qalb" with his own hand. Although the contemporary sources confirm only `Attar's authorship of the "Dīwān" and the "Manṭiq-uṭ-Ṭayr", there are no grounds for doubting the authenticity of the "Mukhtār-Nāma" and "Khusraw-Nāma" and their prefaces. One work is missing from these lists, namely the "Tadhkirat-ul-Awliyā", which was probably omitted because it is a prose work; its attribution to `Attar is scarcely open to question. In its introduction `Attar mentions three other works of his, including one entitled