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1210–1292 · Persian poet
Also known as: Musarrif ibn Muslih Sa'di o Saadi, Muslihuddin Saadi Shirazi, Sa'di, Sa'di of Shiraz, Saadi Shirazi, Shaikh Sadii Shirazi
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- گُلِستان (1890)
- The orchard
- Kitāb-i Gulistān-i Mawlānā Saʻdī
- Sadi's Scroll of wisdom (1906)
- Būstān-i Shaykh Muṣliḥ al-Dīn Saʻdī Shīrāzī, maʻah farhang va sharḥ-i Mawlavī Tamīz al-Dīn (1989)