![]() ![]() Having travelled for thirty years or so, he made many friends and a couple of enemies along the way. Saadi visited many different parts of Anatolia and Asia during his travels, from Egypt to India. Each word of his poems seem to have been carefully picked and synthesized to a greater vehicle of expression, like the absurdity of the human experience and prospect of union with the divine. ![]() When one reads the works and poems of Saadi, one is struck by the sensitivity and profundity in his words and meaning. ![]() Saadi, which was the pen name of Abū-Muhammad Muslih al-Dīn bin Abdallāh Shīrāzī, was a well-traveled man, though most likely not of his own volition but initially due to the Mongol invasions of his homeland of Fars around the year 1225. Together with Rumi and Hafez, he is considered one of the three greatest ghazal-writers of Persian poetry. He is best known today for his works ‘Gulistan’, ‘Bustan’ and for his extensive love poetry (ghazals). Saadi Shirazi was a highly influential Persian poet and writer who lived in the 13th century. ![]()
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