In Farid al-Din Attar's The Conference of the Birds, the partridge represents the seeker who is obsessed with material treasures, specifically gems and precious stones. The partridge boasts of its life spent in mines and its love for the fire of jewels. The Hoopoe refutes this, explaining that these colorful stones are merely colored rocks that lack intrinsic spiritual value, and this attachment represents a form of idolatry that hinders the soul from undertaking the journey toward the Simorgh.