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Golestan Al-Saadi
(غوليستان السعدي)

Title	Golestan Al-Saadi
Title Original	غوليستان السعدي
Publication Date:	1038 AH/1628-1629 AD
Publication Place	India, Agra - Chester Beatty Library
Subject	Colored pigments and gold on paper
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	Yes
Physical Dimensions	35.3 × 26.9 سم
Library:	Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID	CBL In 22
Record ID	object;EPM;ir;Mus21;49;ar
Library Location	Chester Beatty Library
Date	1038 AH/1628-1629 AD
Notes	Golistan (The Rose Garden) is a special work consisting of moral stories, proverbs, and anecdotes written in the middle of the thirteenth century by the poet Saadi. There are many copies of this book and other texts by Saadi that were produced throughout the Persian-speaking world, including Mughal India, and this in particular is a copy of Gulistan made for the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan (r. 1627-58). However, the paintings differ from the general style of Mughal paintings in that they are placed horizontally and that the figures in them have clearly large heads and small bodies. In 1638, the manuscript was sent as a gift to King Charles I of England. It was later rebound (in red velvet) by King George IV, who then sent it in 1826 to Shah Fath Ali Shah in Iran.
Sample Text	"Golestan Al-Saadi" within Discover Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;ir;Mus21;49;ar
Bu sayfanın künyesi	MWNF Working Number: IR 49

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Golestan Al-Saadi

(غوليستان السعدي)

Publication Date 1038 AH/1628-1629 AD

Publication Place India, Agra - Chester Beatty Library

Subject Colored pigments and gold on paper

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript Yes

Physical Dimensions 35.3 × 26.9 سم

Library Museum With No Frontiers

Library Asset ID CBL In 22

Record ID object;EPM;ir;Mus21;49;ar

Library Location Chester Beatty Library

Date 1038 AH/1628-1629 AD

Notes Golistan (The Rose Garden) is a special work consisting of moral stories, proverbs, and anecdotes written in the middle of the thirteenth century by the poet Saadi. There are many copies of this book and other texts by Saadi that were produced throughout the Persian-speaking world, including Mughal India, and this in particular is a copy of Gulistan made for the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan (r. 1627-58). However, the paintings differ from the general style of Mughal paintings in that they are placed horizontally and that the figures in them have clearly large heads and small bodies. In 1638, the manuscript was sent as a gift to King Charles I of England. It was later rebound (in red velvet) by King George IV, who then sent it in 1826 to Shah Fath Ali Shah in Iran.

Sample Text "Golestan Al-Saadi" within Discover Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;ir;Mus21;49;ar

Bu sayfanın künyesi MWNF Working Number: IR 49