Kadkan

Kadkan is an old settlement of the Nishapur region, in the upland country of Khorasan. It is remembered in literary tradition as the birthplace of Farid al-Din Attar, the Persian poet and Sufi whose works include the Conference of the Birds. Later writers connected him with this village, although the details of his early life are obscure. Attar's poetry carried stories of the spiritual quest far beyond the countryside associated with his name.