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...

Gulistan of Saadi  The Manners of Kings  Story 5 I saw at the palace-gate of Oglimish the son of a military officer who was endued...

Gulistan of Saadi  The Manners of Kings  Story 4 A band of Arab brigands having taken up their position on the top of a mountain...

Gulistan of Saadi  The Manners of Kings  Story 3 I have heard that a royal prince of short stature and mean presence, whose brothers were...