\paperw4260 \margr0\margl0 \plain \fs20 \pard\tx720\tx1440\tx2160\tx2880\tx3600\tx4320\tx4890\tx5610\tx6330\tx7050\ATXts240\ATXbrdr0 \f1 \fs24 Sadi is the best-loved poet of the
Islamic East. Born at Shiraz and educated at Baghdad, he was an adherent of\b \cf2 \ATXht11908 Sufism\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 and wandered through many countries. A master of the lyric verse known as the \i ghazal\i0 , he wrote two masterpieces, \i Gulistan
\i0 (\i The Rose Garden\i0 ) and \i Bostan\i0 (\i The Orchard\i0 ). A moral poet, he composed numerous aphorisms:\par
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God created you from the mud; be humble as the earth.\par