Saadi Shirazi
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Abu Mohammad Moshrefoldin Mosleh ebn Abdollah ebn Mosharraf, better known by his pen name Saadi, was a Persian Sufi poet. He is recognized for the quality of his writings and for the depth of his soci
Imaginary depiction of Saadi Shirazi by Hossein Behzad
Folio depicting Saadi Shirazi (seated left) and the Salghurid ruler Abu Bakr ibn Sa'd (seated right). Made in Mughal India, dated 1602
The first page of Bustan, from a Mughal manuscript.
Gulistan Saadi (Calligraphy of Golestan Saadi in Nastaliq script)
Abu Bakr ibn Sa'd
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Abu Bakr ibn Sa'd, also known as Muzaffar al-Din Qutlugh Khan, was the Salghurid atabeg of Fars from 1226 to 1260. He was the son and successor of Sa'd I.
Abu Bakr ibn Sa'd seated. Made in Mughal India, dated 1604
Folio depicting Abu Bakr ibn Sa'd (seated right) and the Persian poet Saadi Shirazi (seated left). Made in Mughal India, dated 1604
The poet Saadi Shirazi with enthroned Atabeg Abu Bakr ibn Sa'd. Cemʿ-i Tārīh, Museum of Ethnography, Ankara, No. 8457.