Idries Shah

The Bostan is a mine of proverbs, quotations and practical wisdom. But unlike the Gulistan (The Rose Garden) it contains far more than moralistic aphorisms and teaching stories. The Bostan is recognized by eminent Sufis as concealing the whole range of the deepest Sufi knowledge which can be committed to writing.

A Sufi teaching tale in which two very different princes find their hearts' desires: one in a wonderous, mechanical fish, the other in a magical wooden horse.