In Farid al-Din Attar's Ilahi-Nama, the tale of the ruler of Balkh's daughter who falls in love with the slave Baktash serves as a key allegory for the transition from metaphorical or earthly love ('ishq-e majazi) to ultimate divine love ('ishq-e haqiqi). Her intense devotion, enduring of immense social shame, and final tragic martyrdom—where she writes her last poems using her own blood—symbolize the total annihilation of the ego (fana) and absolute sincerity (sidq) required on the Sufi path. Attar uses her tragic fate to demonstrate that the fire of true love purifies the seeker, rendering physical life secondary to spiritual union with the Divine Beloved.