Bustan

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Bustan is a celebrated didactic poem by the 13th-century Persian poet Saadi, renowned for its moral tales and reflections on ethics and Sufi philosophy.

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Bustan canonical 5
Būstān 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Persian literary work
didactic poem
poem
alsoKnownAs Bustan
surface form: Būstān

The Orchard
author Saadi
authorCentury 13th century
complementedBy Gulistan
contains anecdotes
moral tales
parables
countryOfOrigin Persia
culturalSignificance classic of Persian didactic poetry
follows didactic narrative tradition
genre Sufi literature
didactic literature
poetry
influenced Persian ethical literature
later Sufi writers
intendedAudience moral and spiritual seekers
isPartOf Saadi’s major works
language Persian language
surface form: Persian
literaryForm verse
literaryTradition classical Persian poetry
mainConcern practical ethics
spiritual guidance
originalTitle بوستان
period medieval Persian literature
setting various historical and moral situations
structure rhymed couplets
subjectOf literary studies
translations into many languages
theme Sufi philosophy
charity
ethics
justice
love of God
morality
spirituality

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Bustan alsoKnownAs Bustan
this entity surface form: Būstān
Saadi notableWork Bustan
Saadi notableWork Bustan
this entity surface form: Būstān