This captivating classic of Persian literature tells of a legendary prince, Shah Bahram, and of the ways in which he learns about leadership from the stories he is told by seven visiting princesses. The first English language translation for children of the great Sufi poet Nizami"s twelfth-century masterpiece, Haft Paykar, it also offers a powerfully relevant message for our times, emphasizing that personal virtue and wisdom are necessary prerequisites for just rule.