Saadi Mausoleum Shiraz

By stepping into the Saadiyeh complex, experience another world; a world that speaks to you through Persian poetry and literature and recounts the advice and teachings of Saadi.

Passing through the entrance door, the towering columns of the tomb stand before you, displaying a unique grandeur and majesty. This tomb is so valuable and beautiful that its name has been listed in the National Heritage of Iran since December 9, 1975, and the bronze 500-rial coins of the Islamic Republic of Iran since 2008 and the 100,000-rial banknotes since 2010 have been adorned with the image of Saadi's mausoleum. Who was Saadi?

Abu Muhammad Musharraf al-Din Muslih ibn Abdullah ibn Musharraf, known as Saadi, was a Persian-speaking Iranian poet and writer who was born in 1209 AD and died in 1291 AD. He studied at the Nizamiyya of Baghdad, which at that time was the most important center of science and knowledge in the Islamic world, where great scholars taught. After completing his studies, he traveled to various regions and chose the profession of a preacher. Saadi spent 30 years traveling and then came to Shiraz, where he passed away.

This great poet has had an undeniable influence on the Persian language, and a remarkable similarity can be seen between modern Persian and Saadi's language.