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Iran / Persia: The poet Sa'di converses with a young man on a Persian carpet in a garden by night. Miniature from Gulistan Sa'di. Herat, 1427

Iran / Persia: The poet Sa'di converses with a young man on a Persian carpet in a garden by night. Miniature from Gulistan Sa'di. Herat, 1427

Abū-Muḥammad Muṣliḥ al-Dīn bin Abdallāh Shīrāzī, Saadi Shirazi (Persian: ابومحمد مصلح الدین بن عبدالله شیرازی‎) better known by his pen-name as Saʿdī (Persian: سعدی‎) or, simply, Saadi, was one of the major Persian poets of the medieval period. He is not only famous in Persian-speaking countries, but he 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.