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Saadi Shīrāzī, [a] [1] better known by his pen name Saadi ( / ˈsɑːdi /; [2] Persian: سعدی, romanized : Saʿdī ⓘ, IPA: [sæʔˈdiː] ), also known as Sadi of Shiraz ( سعدی شیرازی, Saʿdī Shīrāzī; born 1210; died 1291 or 1292), was a Persian poet and prose writer [3] [4] of the medieval period.
SAʿDI – Encyclopaedia Iranica. SAʿDI, Abu Moḥammad Mošarref-al-Din Moṣleḥ b. ʿAbd-Allāh b. Mošarref Širāzi, Persian poet and prose writer (b. Shiraz, ca. 1210; d. Shiraz, d. 1291 or 1292), widely recognized as one of the greatest masters of the classical literary tradition.
Sa'di was a 13th century Persian poet and prose writer. His work represents the highest levels of general Persian literature, and forms the basis of modern Farsi. The Bostān and the Golestān have been used as requisite text in Farsi curricula for centuries across the Persianate world.
by his pen-name as Sa?di or simply Saadi, was one of the major Persian poets of the medieval period. He is not only famous in Persian-speaking countries, but has also been quoted in western sources. He is recognized for the quality of his writings and for the depth of his social and moral thoughts.
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Written in 1258 CE, it is one of two major works of the Persian poet Saa'di, considered one of the greatest medieval Persian poets. It is also one of his most popular books, and has proved deeply influential in the West as well as the East.
Saadi Shirazi was a prominent Persian poet of the 13th century, writing during a period known as the "Golden Age of Persian Literature." He is revered for his mastery of the ghazal form, a lyrical style of poetry consisting of rhyming couplets and a refrain at the end of the second line.
The word Ṣa‘īdi is pronounced in the dialect itself as [sˤɑˈʕiːdi] or [sˤɑˈʕiːdej] and the plural is [sˤɑˈʕɑːjda] or [sˤɑˈʕɑːjde], while pronounced in Egyptian Arabic (Northern Egyptian) as [sˤeˈʕiːdi] and the plural is [sˤɑˈʕɑjdɑ] . In the Sahidic (Upper Egyptian) dialect of Coptic, the name for ...
