Abbreviations
See the bibliography for full references.
| Bustān | Saʿdi 1363/1984. |
| EI2 | Encyclopaedia of Islam. New Edition. Edited by P. Bearman, Th. Bianquis, C. E. Bosworth, E. van Donzel and W. P. Heinrichs, 11 vols. Leiden: Brill, 1960–2009. |
| EI3 | Encyclopaedia of Islam, Three. Edited by Gudrun Krämer, Denis Matringe, John Nawas, and Everett K. Rowson. Leiden: Brill, 2007–. |
| EIr | Encyclopaedia Iranica. General ed. Ehsan Yarshater. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1982–. Also online at http://www.iranicaonline.org. |
| Golestān | Saʿdi 1368/1989. |
| Kimiyā | al-Ghazāli 1380/2001. |
| Ms. Tehran 1296 | Ms. Majles 900 |
| Ms. Berlin 1306 | Or Oct. 3451 |
| Ms. Tehran 1321 | Ms. Majles 2569 |
| Ms. Dublin 1320s | Per 109 |
| Ms. Kabul 1325 | Ms. 3144 |
| Ms. Paris 1320s | Supplément Persan 1796 |
| Ms. London 1328 | Ethé 1117 (Islamic 876) |
| Ms. Dushanbe 1310s | Ms. 502 |
| Ms. Dublin 1340s | Per 113 |
| Ms. Tehran 1340s | Ms. Majles 2570 |
| Ms. Tehran 1352 | Ms. Majles 7773 |
| Ms. Qom 1340s | Ms. 1453 |
| Ms. Mashhad 1364 | Ms. 10412 |
| Ms. Paris 1366 | Supplément Persan 1778 |
| Ms. Qom 1371 | Ms. 11920 |
| Ms. Paris 1384 | Supplément Persan 816 |
| Ms. Paris 1390s | Supplément Persan 817 |
| Ms. London 1416 | Ethé 1118 (Islamic 287) |
| Ms. Yale 1432 | Ms. Persian 7 |
| Ms. Paris 1461 | Supplément Persan 1357 |
| Saʿdi YE | Saʿdi 1385/2006a |
| Saʿdi KhE | Saʿdi 1386/2007 |