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Sa‘dî-e Shirazi one of the most famous poets of Persian language and literature, was born in Shiraz, completed his primary education in this city, then went to Baghdad and took lessons from various teachers at Nizamiyah Madrasa. He visited many cities and countries, was with many scholars and noble figures, came to Anatolia and met with Mewlana. After his long travels, he returned to Shiraz in 654 (1256) or 655 (1257) and met with Salgurlu Atabek Ebû Bakr b., the ruler of the Fars region of Iran. Sa'd b. Zengi's prince Sa'd b. Abu Bakr b. He joined Sa'd's relatives. When the Salgurlu dynasty collapsed and Shiraz came under Mongol rule in 663 (1264), he went to Mecca to perform the pilgrimage. On his way back to Mecca, he stopped by Tabriz; There he was well received by the Ilkhanid statesman Alâeddin Ata Malik Juvaynî and his brother Shemseddin Juvaynî; He met with the Mongolian ruler Abaka Khan through these two people; He wrote poems praising the mentioned statesmen and other notables; He spent his life providing guidance and serving the public. Sa‘dî, who spent the last years of his life in asceticism and worship in Shiraz, died on 27 Dhu al-Hijjah 691 (9 December 1292). The poet, who wrote many works in verse and prose, wrote works that translated the thoughts and wishes of the society by making use of verses and hadiths, proverbs, stories, and the events and conversations he lived, learned and experienced during his travels. In his Bostan, justice, benevolence, love, humility, consent, contentment, discipline, gratitude, repentance, supplication, and in his Gulistan, the behavior of sultans, the morality of dervishes, the virtue of contentment, the benefits of silence, love and youth, weakness and old age, He dealt with topics such as the effect of good manners and conversation etiquette. In his divan consisting of ghazals, odes, stanzas, terciibents and rubais, he wrote poems about love, the lover, the beloved, wine and nature, and in some places he dealt with the same subjects that he had covered in Bostan and Gulistan, and also gave advice. In addition to writing praises to many statesmen in his poems, he also wrote tawhid, munacat and naats, and in these poems he also included couplets or poems praising the caliph of the righteous religion. He praised the four great caliphs without any discrimination, did not see them as separate from each other, approached them with respect and love, and when necessary, explained them by giving examples to his praises and readers. In this study, Sa‘dî’s views and thoughts about the four great caliphs, that is, the four great caliphs, and the poems he wrote about them will be explained by translating them into Turkish. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]