It refers to the sagacious birds in Islamic mythology, also referred to in The Conference of the Birds, a Persian poem by Attar of Nishapur as the "king of birds".[1][2] The bird appears twice in the 27th chapter of An-Naml.[3] Hudhud, as described by the Quran played an important role between Sulayman and Queen of Sheba while carrying messages between the two.[4]