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The Secret Rose Garden

Sa’d Ud Din Mahmud Shabistari

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Pages (PDF): 54
Publication Date: This translation by Florence Lederer, 1920

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Summary:

Sa'd ud Din Mahmud Shabistari was born in Persia, in Shabistar, near Tabriz, about 1250 CE. His best known work, The Secret Rose Garden was written as a reply to questions by a Sufi doctor of Herat. This set of verses uses the rich Sufi allegorical language to explore the path to God.