Persian Language & Literature “Gulestan” Saadi Shirazi, Sheikh Mosleh al-Din CHAPTER I – THE MANNERS OF KINGS Story 13 I heard a king, who had changed night into day by pleasures, saying in his drunkenness: ‘We have in the world no moment more delightful than this, Because I care neither for good nor for bad […]
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Golestan Of Saadi : CHAPTER I – The Manners Of Kings ( Story 10-11-12 )
CHAPTER I – THE MANNERS OF KINGS Story 10 I was constantly engaged in prayer, at the head of the prophet Yahia’s tomb in the cathedral mosque of Damascus, when one of the Arab kings, notorious for his injustice, happened to arrive on a pilgrimage to it, who offered his supplications and asked […]
Golestan Of Saadi : CHAPTER I – The Manners Of Kings (Story 7-8-9 )
CHAPTER I – THE MANNERS OF KINGS Story 7 A padshah (King) was in the same boat with a Persian slave who had never before been at sea and experienced the inconvenience of a vessel. He began to cry and to tremble to such a degree that he could not be pacified by […]
Golestan Of Saadi : CHAPTER I – The Manners Of Kings (Story 5-6)
CHAPTER I – THE MANNERS OF KINGS Story 5 I saw at the palace-gate of Oglimish the son of a military officer who was endued with marvellous intellect, sagacity, perception and shrewdness; also the signs of future greatness manifested themselves on his forehead whilst yet a small boy.
Golestan Of Sadee : CHAPTER I – The Manners Of Kings (Story 4)
CHAPTER I – THE MANNERS OF KINGS Story 4 A band of Arab brigands having taken up their position on the top of a mountain and closed the passage of caravans, the inhabitants of the country were distressed by their stratagems and the troops of the sultan foiled because the robbers, having obtained […]
Golestan Of Sadee : CHAPTER I – The Manners Of Kings (Story 3)
CHAPTER I – THE MANNERS OF KINGS Story 3 I have heard that a royal prince of short stature and mean presence, whose brothers were tall and good-looking, once saw his father glancing on him with aversion and contempt but he had the shrewdness and penetration to guess the meaning and said: […]
The Book of Kings
An age of invasions ◦ About 2,200 years ago, brilliant civilizations were flourishing in Asia and in Europe. While ancient Egypt was another very important cultural pole on the edges of the Mediterranean Sea, ancient Greece was rapidly expanding: the time of the great philosophers, Socrates, Plato and his disciple Aristotle was still close, […]
The Epic of Shahnameh Ferdowsi
(The Epic of Kings: Hero Tales of Ancient Persia)created byHakim Abol-Ghasem Ferdowsi Toosi (940-1020)World famous Persian (Iranian) poet