Sa'di's Gulistan / circulating witty anecdotes
About the work
Imported from the workbook's Full reassessment sheet, revised 7 October 2026 (record ID 90). The assessment below is the workbook's comparative judgment under its stated criteria; source links and limits are retained.
Workbook assessment: Spread only
Date or witness: 1258 CE
Region: Persian-speaking world
Workbook date-sort bounds: 1258 CE to 1258 CE; these bounds are not automatically invention or disappearance dates.
Description
Short pointed tales, wise sayings and witty exchanges supplied repeatable material for social conversation; the work was extensively copied and illustrated.
Evidence of adoption or transmission
Gulistan was extensively copied and furnished pointed anecdotes and sayings for social conversation.
What remains uncertain
The cited evidence primarily documents literary transmission. It does not date independent popular use among ordinary people or isolate a particular adopted expression.
Workbook revision note: Reassessed using grassroots criteria