Shaikh Saʻdī

Būstān, or Saʿdī'nāmah, is an ethical, philosophical, and mystical masnavi in Persian literature. As mentioned in the preface to Būstān, Saʿdī versified this poem in 655 AH, between the two eids of Fiṭr and Qurbān, in honour of Abū Bikr ibn Saʿd ibn Zangī, the Salghurid ruler during 623-658 AH. Saʿdī did not give it a title, but refers to it within the text as 'Nām'burdār-i ganj'. Old editions of this masnavi had a title of 'Saʿdī'nāmah', but recent and new copiers have called it Būstān to correspond with his other work in prose, Gulistān. The poem is versified in the poetry measure known as 'mutaqārib mus̱amman maḥẕūf'. It includes short narratives in a preface and ten chapters, as follows: Chapter 1: عدل و تدبیر رأی Chapter 2: احسان Chapter 3: عشق و مستی و شور Chapter 4: تواضع Chapter 5: رضا Chapter 6: قناعت Chapter 7: عالم تربیت Chapter 8: شکر بر عافیت Chapter 9: توبه و راه صواب Chapter 10: مناجات و ختم کتاب. Many commentaries have been written on this work over time in Persian, Turkish, and Western languages such as Latin, French, German, Dutch, and English. According to the edition presented by Ghulām'Ḥusayn Yūsifī based on the genuine copy of Bodmer Library, Cologny (Geneva), the number of verses is 4011. However, others have noted it to contain even up to approximately 5000 verses. — Multiple dates; Unknown place of origin Wadh.Minasian 356

A copy of Saʻdī's Būstān. MS. Elliott 29

1 copy of Kullīyāt-i Saʻdī by Saʻdī — Multiple dates MS. Pers. e. 54

1 copy of Sharḥ-i Gulistān-i Saʻdī by Surūrī, Muṣliḥ al-Dīn, 1492-1562 — 1574 MS. Pers. e. 63

A copy of Saʻdī's Būstān. MS. Marsh 447

1 copy of Kullīyāt-i Saʻdī by Saʻdī MS. A. Walker 67

A copy of the Gulistān and Būstān of Shaykh Saʻdī. MS. Laud Or. 241

A copy of the Gulistān of Saʻdī. — Multiple dates MS. Bodl. Or. 673

A copy of Saʻdī's Būstān. — ?Mashhad. MS. Elliott 30

A work on Islamic Law, a fragment of the Gulistān, and two Mathnawīs. — Multiple dates MS. Ouseley 88

A copy of the Gulistān of Shaykh Saʻdī. — Multiple dates MS. Ouseley 234

A copy of the Gulistān of Shaykh Saʻdī. MS. Laud Or. 121

A copy of Saʻdī's Būstān. MS. Bodl. Or. 267

A copy of the Gulistān of Shaykh Saʻdī. MS. Ouseley 25

A copy of the Gulistān of Shaykh Saʻdī. MS. Laud Or. 194

A copy of Saʻdī's Būstān. — Copied during the reign of ʻĀlamgīr I (1658-1707). MS. Bodl. Or. 526

1 copy of Būstān by Saʻdī — Multiple dates MS. Pers. c. 39

1 copy of Kullīyāt-i Saʻdī by Saʻdī — Multiple dates MS. Elliott 219

A copy of the Gulistān of Shaykh Saʻdī. — Multiple dates MS. Hyde 46

1 copy of Kullīyāt-i Saʻdī by Saʻdī MS. Elliott 220

1 copy of Kullīyāt-i Saʻdī by Saʻdī — Multiple dates MS. Elliott 223

3 works by 3 authors on the subjects of Persian literature, Persian poetry, and Sufi poetry — Multiple dates MS. Laud Or. 77

1 copy of Kullīyāt-i Saʻdī by Saʻdī — Multiple dates MS. Elliott 224

A copy of the Gulistān of Shaykh Saʻdī. — Multiple dates MS. Ouseley 26

Selected Ghazals from the dīwāns of Saʻdī and Amīr Khusraw. MS. Elliott 135

1 copy of Kullīyāt by Saʻdī — Multiple dates MS. S. Digby Or. 172

1 copy of Kullīyāt-i Saʻdī by Saʻdī MS. E. D. Clarke Or. 11

A copy of the Gulistān of Shaykh Saʻdī. — Multiple dates MS. E. D. Clarke Or. 12

A copy of Saʻdī's Būstān. — Multiple dates MS. Marsh 76

Selections from the work of several Persian poets. MS. Elliott 329

1 copy of Kullīyāt-i Saʻdī by Saʻdī — Undated. Approximately 1550.; Shīrāz, dar Āsitānah-ʼi Ḥaḍrat-i Mawlānā Ḥusām al-Dīn Ibrāhīm. MS. Fraser 73-75

A copy of the Gulistān of Saʻdī. — Multiple dates MS. Bodl. Or. 410

1 copy of Kullīyāt-i Saʻdī by Saʻdī — Multiple dates MS. Ouseley Add. 39

Extracts from Saʻdī's Būstān. — Bukhārā. MS. Fraser 77

1 copy of Kullīyāt-i Saʻdī by Saʻdī MS. Ouseley Add. 40

A compilation of three fragmentary Persian works on theology and geography and five Turkish historical fragments about places and figures in Salghurid and Timurid Iran and Central Asia. Note that folios 40-47have been left blank. MS. Selden Superius 95

Selections from the Dīvan of Saʻdī MS. Ouseley 27

4 works by 4 authors on the subjects of Persian poetry and Love poetry — Multiple dates; Shīrāz MS. Elliott 239

A copy of the Gulistān of Saʻdī. — Multiple dates MS. Laud Or. 171

1 copy of Gulistān by Saʻdī — Multiple dates MS. Pers. d. 43

9 works by 6 authors on the subjects of Soul, Philosophy, Persian poetry, Mogul Empire, India, and Tales — Multiple dates MS. Ouseley 387

A copy of the Gulistān of Shaykh Saʻdī. MS. Laud Or. 189

A copy of Saʻdī's Būstān. MS. Ind. Inst. Pers. 112

A copy of Saʻdī's Būstān. MS. Elliott 25

A copy of Saʻdī's Gulistān, together with the first Daftar of the Mukātabāt-i ʻAllāmī. — November 1803 MS. Ind. Inst. Pers. 71

1 copy of Arabic commentary on the Persian Gulistān of Saʻdī, 1193-1292 , in an abreviated version by Yaʻqūb ibn Sayyid ʻAlī al-Rūmī al-Brūsawī al-Banbānī d. 1524 MS. Pococke 146

A copy of Saʻdī's Būstān. — Multiple dates; Bombay. MS. Ind. Inst. Pers. 80

A copy of the Gulistān of Shaykh Saʻdī. MS. Marsh 174

A copy of Saʻdī's Būstān. MS. Ind. Inst. Pers. 97

A copy of the Gulistān of Shaykh Saʻdī. MS. Ouseley 286

1 copy of Sharḥ-i Gulistān-i Saʻdī by Surūrī, Muṣliḥ al-Dīn, 1492-1562 — 1554 MS. Pococke 25

A copy of Saʻdī's Gulistān with the same author's Būstān in the margins. — Multiple dates MS. Pers. c. 17

2 works by 2 authors on the subjects of Persian poetry, Sufi poetry, and Persian language — Multiple dates; Jahāngīrnagār. MS. Ouseley 29

A copy of Saʻdī's Gulistān, with an interlinear and marginal translation of Arabic phrases and explanation of difficult Persian words. — Multiple dates MS. Pers. d. 57

Selections from the dīwāns of 12 Persian poets, including the poetess Nihānī. MS. Elliott 167

A copy of the Būstān of Saʻdī. — Multiple dates MS. Ouseley 291

1 copy of Arabic commentary on the Persian Gulistān of Saʻdī, 1193-1292 [but possibly supposititious, since the text is different*] by Yaʻqūb ibn Sayyid ʻAlī al-Rūmī al-Brūsawī al-Banbānī d. 1524 — 1574 MS. Pococke 156

4 works by 4 authors on the subjects of Universal history, Persian poetry, Alexander, Epic literature, and Persian literature — Multiple dates MS. Ind. Inst. Pers. 89

6 works by 6 authors on the subjects of Handicraft, Poetry, Persian poetry, Sufi poetry, and Medicine MS. Bodl. Or. 451

A copy of Saʻdī's Gulistān with the same author's Būstān in the margins. — Multiple dates MS. Whinfield 44

A copy of the Gulistān of Shaykh Saʻdī. MS. Greaves 16

1 copy of Kullīyāt-i Saʻdī by Saʻdī — Multiple dates MS. Pers. d. 95

A copy of Saʻdī's Gulistān. MS. Whinfield 77

1 copy of Kullīyāt-i Saʻdī by Saʻdī — Multiple dates MS. Ouseley 11

A copy of Saʻdī's Būstān and 2 Zoroastrian works. MS. Ouseley 110

Dīvāns [or parts thereof] of Jāmī, Ḥāfiẓ, and Saʻdī. MS. Elliott 62

A copy of the Gulistān of Saʻdī. — Multiple dates MS. Greaves 20

A copy of Saʻdī's Būstān. — Multiple dates MS. Elliott 27

A copy of Saʻdī's Būstān. MS. Ouseley Add. 155

A copy of the Gulistān of Shaykh Saʻdī. — Multiple dates; Gūrāth MS. Bodl. Or. 770

1 copy of Kullīyāt-i Saʻdī by Saʻdī — Multiple dates MS. Pers. e. 26

A copy of Saʻdī's Būstān. MS. Laud Or. 87

A copy of Saʻdī's Būstān. — Multiple dates; Samarqand MS. Elliott 28

1 copy of Būstān by Saʻdī — Multiple dates MS. Marsh 517

A copy of Saʻdī's Būstān. MS. A. Walker 51

A copy of the Gulistān of Shaykh Saʻdī. MS. Sale 40

1 copy of Kullīyāt-i Saʻdī by Saʻdī MS. Pers. e. 41

A composite manuscript containing works on medicine, Islamic rituals, lexicography, and poetry. MS. Ouseley 291

1 copy of Dīvan-i Saʻdī MS. Ouseley 64

A collection of 9 works on Poetry, Sufism, Viziers, and Religious Doctrine. — Multiple dates MS. Sale 41

A collection of religious and peotical works in Persian. MS. Fraser 249

1 copy of Kullīyāt-i Saʻdī by Saʻdī — Multiple dates MS. Whinfield 10