Saadi of Shiraz

SAADI WAS BORN during the first quarter of the 13th century, and became regarded as one of the foremost scholars in Persian classical literature. He travelled west as far as North Africa, where he was held as a captive of the Franks, before returning to his native Shiraz as an elderly man. Saadi’s two most important texts are undoubtedly The Gulistan (Rose Garden) and The Bostan (The Orchard).


The Bostan of Saadi
The Gulistan of Saadi