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Saadi Shirazi

1210 - 1291

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Abu Mohammad Moshrefoldin Mosleh ebn Abdollah ebn Mosharraf, better known by his pen name Saadi, also known as Saadi of Shiraz (سعدی شیرازی, Saʿdī Shīrāzī; born 1210; died 1291 or 1292), was a Persian poet and prose writer of the medieval period. He is recognized for the quality of his writings and for the depth of his social and moral thoughts. Saadi is widely recognized as one of the greatest poets of the classical literary tradition, earning him the nickname "The Master of Speech" or "The Wordsmith" (استاد سخن ostâd-e soxan) or simply "Master" (استاد ostâd) among Persian scholars. He has been quoted in the Western traditions as well. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Saadi Shirazi is the 335th most popular writer (down from 244th in 2019), the 48th most popular biography from Iran (down from 39th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Iranian Writer.

Saadi Shirazi is most famous for his work in the fields of poetry, literature, and philosophy.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Saadi Shirazi ranks 335 out of 7,302. Before him are William Golding, Callimachus, Jaggi Vasudev, Apollonius of Rhodes, Philip K. Dick, and Michael Ende. After him are Christine de Pizan, Mario Puzo, Friedrich Dürrenmatt, Ève Curie, Svetlana Alliluyeva, and Maurice Leblanc.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1210, Saadi Shirazi ranks 3. Before him are Pope Gregory X, and Pope Honorius IV. After him are Afonso III of Portugal, Birger Jarl, Treniota, Floris IV, Count of Holland, Chaka of Bulgaria, Guan Hanqing, Toros Roslin, Campanus of Novara, and Giacomo da Lentini. Among people deceased in 1291, Saadi Shirazi ranks 2. Before him is Rudolf I of Germany. After him are Arghun, Alfonso III of Aragon, Eleanor of Provence, Solamish, Guillaume de Beaujeu, Talabuga, Joan, Countess of Blois, and Herman VII, Margrave of Baden-Baden.

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Saadi Shirazi ranks 48 out of 631. Before him are Shapur I (150), Farah Pahlavi (1938), Shams Tabrizi (1185), Hassan Rouhani (1948), Doris Lessing (1919), and Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi (903). After him are Mohammad Mosaddegh (1882), Reza Shah (1878), Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (1956), Mahsa Amini (1999), Yazdegerd III (624), and Ghazan (1271).

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Among WRITERS In Iran

Among writers born in Iran, Saadi Shirazi ranks 10. Before him are Ferdowsi (940), Mansur Al-Hallaj (858), Nasir al-Din al-Tusi (1201), Jami (1414), Shams Tabrizi (1185), and Doris Lessing (1919). After him are Attar of Nishapur (1145), Magtymguly Pyragy (1733), Imad ad-Din al-Isfahani (1125), Ali Shariati (1933), Ibn al-Muqaffa' (724), and Zahra Khanom Tadj es-Saltaneh (1883).

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