Gulistan of Saadi  The Manners of Kings  Story 14 One of the ancient kings neglected the government of his realm and kept the army in...

Gulistan of Saadi  The Manners of Kings  Story 13 I heard a king, who had changed might into day by pleasures, saying in his drunkenness:...

Gulistan of Saadi  The Manners of Kings  Story 12 An unjust king asked a devotee what kind of worship is best? He replied: 'For thee...

Gulistan of Saadi  The Manners of Kings  Story 11 A dervish, whose prayers met with answers, made his appearance, and Hejaj Yusuf, calling him, said:...

Gulistan of Saadi  The Manners of Kings  Story 10 I was constantly engaged in prayer, at the head of the prophet Yahia's tomb in the...

Gulistan of Saadi  The Manners of Kings  Story 9 An Arab king was sick in his state of decrepitude so that all hopes of life...

Gulistan of Saadi  The Manners of Kings  Story 8 Hormuzd, being asked what fault the veziers of his father had committed that he imprisoned them,...

Gulistan of Saadi  The Manners of Kings  Story 7 A padshah was in the same boat with a Persian slave who had never before been...

Gulistan of Saadi  The Manners of Kings  Story 6 It is narrated that one of the kings of Persia had stretched forth his tyrannical hand...