TY - BOOK AU - Shah,Idries TI - The Gulistan of Sadi : : the rose garden of Shekh Muslihu’d-Din Sadi of Shiraz / SN - 0863040691 AV - PK6541. G2. PY - 1979/// CY - London : PB - The Octagon Press, KW - Sufi poetry, English KW - Poets, Persian KW - Biography KW - Persian poetry KW - 747-1500 KW - History and criticism N1 - “First impression in this edition 1996”—reverses of title page; “Sadi’s Gulistan, the rose garden, is both one of the best-known of the Sufi classics and a major work of Persian literature. Sheikh Sadi (Circa 1184-circa 1292) of Shiraz, studied in Baghdad and travelled widely in India, Africa and the Arab world. He was a pupil of the eminent Sufi Sheikh Shahabuddin Suhrawardi, and his works have been translated into many Western languages”—back cover ER -