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Muhsin al-Din Sa'di Shirazi, "Sa'di". Golestan. in Farsi and Chagatai, illuminated manuscript on polished paper [possibly Uzbekistan or Turkmenistan, dated 940 AH (1533/34 AD)] 183 leaves, perhaps missing ten original leaves, these skillfully replaced in manuscript facsimile and volume thus textually complete, single and double column, 9 lines elegant black nasta’liq, chapter headings in gold, with interlinear translations in Chagatai, decorated headpiece with calligraphic panel above the first text-page, colophon to recto of first folio, catch-words, leaves ruled in black and gold, verses marked with clusters of three red dots, some early annotations and commentary to margins, a few light spots and scuff marks, else bright copy, 170 x 120mm.; modern black morocco, resewn and recased Sa’di Shirazi, born in Shiraz in 1210 AD, is thought to be one of the most revered poetic and prose writers of the classical form in Persian history. This is his most influential collection of poems and short stories, the Golestan (Rose Garden). He is also remembered as a great sufi mystic leader, whose works and teachings transcended national and linguistic barriers, and were translated across the wider Middle East. The present volume is written in the lost Turkic language of Chagatai that was the main literary language in Turkemenistan and widely spoken throughout central Asia. It was used by the early Mughal rulers, but started to dwindle in importance in the early twentieth century, and was subsequently replaced by modern Uzbek and Uyghur.