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Saadi Shirazi

In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “one of the major persian poets of the medieval period”. Today it says “persian sufi poet”.
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Persian poet (1210–c.1291) Abu Mohammad Moshrefoldin Mosleh ebn Abdollah ebn Mosharraf , better known by his pen name Saadi ( / ˈ s ɑː d i / ; Persian : سعدی , romanized : Saʿdī , IPA: [sæʔˈdiː] ), also known as Saadi of Shiraz ( سعدی شیرازی , Saʿdī Shīrāzī ; born 1210; died 1291 or 1292), was a Persian poet and prose writer of the medieval period. He is recognized for the quality of his writings and for the depth of his social and moral thoughts. Saadi is widely recognized as one of the greatest poets of the classical literary tradition, earning him the nickname "The Master of Speech" or "The Wordsmith" ( استاد سخن ostâd-e soxan ) or simply "Master" ( استاد ostâd ) among Persian scholars. He has been quoted in the Western traditions as well. His book, Bustan has been ranked as one of the 100 greatest books of all time by The Guardian . There are <ref group=lower-alpha> tags or templates on this page, but the references will not show without a template or template (see the help page ). SAʿDI, Abu Moḥammad Mošarref-al-Din Moṣleḥ b. ʿAbd-Allāh b. Mošarref Širāzi, Persian poet and prose writer (b. Shiraz, d. 1291 or 1292), widely considered to be one of the greatest masters of the classical literary tradition. Saʿdī, also spelled Saadi, byname of Musharrif al-Dīn ibn Muṣlih al-Dīn, (born c. 1213, Shīrāz, Iran—died Dec. 9, 1291, Shīrāz), Persian poet, one of the greatest figures in classical Persian literature.

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one of the major persian poets of the medieval period

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persian sufi poet

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