Why this book?
- To read one of the foundational texts of Persian poetry and prose.
- To encounter the Gulistan, Bustan, ghazals, and other works of Saadi in a single volume.
- Because it relies on Mohammad-Ali Foroughi’s authoritative edition and comparison with other important manuscripts.
- To benefit from extensive annotations, explanations, and indexes while studying the text.
About the book
The Collected Works of Saadi gathers the principal writings of Saadi of Shiraz, including the Gulistan, Bustan, ghazals, tarjīʿāt, occasional poems, quatrains, appendices, single verses, and sermons. The book introduces readers to the breadth of Saadi’s mastery in prose, masnavi, ghazal, occasional verse, and ethical reflection.
The importance of this edition lies in its basis in Mohammad-Ali Foroughi’s edited text, while its introduction, annotations, and indexes were revised and prepared by Bahaoddin Khorramshahi. The Gulistan and Bustan sections have also been compared with Gholamhossein Yousefi’s edition, with textual variants recorded in the footnotes.
In Saadi’s works, the Persian language appears with clarity, concision, and force, joined to ethics, practical wisdom, love, lived experience, and social observation. For this reason, The Collected Works of Saadi is not only a literary collection but also a text for understanding the cultural and ethical tradition of Persian.
This book is suited to lovers of classical Persian poetry and prose, students of literature, researchers of classical texts, and readers who want to encounter one of the main pillars of Persian language and culture in an orderly and documented edition.