Saadi Shirazi

Known for

The Rose Garden (Gulistan) and The Orchard (Bustan), Persian didactic poetry

Biography

13th-century Persian poet from Shiraz who travelled widely across the Islamic world before settling home to write his two most celebrated works of moral and practical wisdom.

A well-known line

"Human beings are members of a whole, / In creation of one essence and soul." (Bani Adam)

Major works

• Gulistan (The Rose Garden)
• Bustan (The Orchard)