What is Saadi Shirazi?
[[File:Sadi in a Rose garden.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Saadi]] '''Sheikh Muslih-ud-Din Mushrif-ibn-Abdullah Saadi Shirazi''' (1184-1291) ({{lang-fa|شیخ مصلح‌الدین مشرف بن عبدالله سعدی شیرازی}}) or '''Saadi''' was a [[Persian people|Persian]] [[poet]]. He was born in [[Shiraz]], [[Iran]]. He went to Baghdad to study [[Arabic literature]] and Islamic sciences in [[Nizamiyya]] [[University]] of [[Baghdad]]. He travelled to [[Anatolia]], [[Syria]], [[Egypt]] and [[Iraq]]. His most famous poetry book is the ''[[Bostan]]'' ({{lang-fa|بوستان}}, meaning The Orchard). He also wrote the ''[[Golestan]]'' ({{lang-fa|گلستان}}, meaning The Rosery). His poems are in [[Persian language|Persian]] and [[Arabic language|Arabic]]. {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Saadi}} [[Category:1184 births]] [[Category:1291 deaths]] [[Category:Persian poets]]