Rumi
Sufi scholar and poet (1207–1273) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad Rūmī (Persian: جلالالدین محمد رومی), or simply Rumi (30 September 1207 – 17 December 1273), was a 13th-century poet, Hanafi faqih, Islamic scholar, Maturidi theologian and Sufi mystic originally from Greater Khorasan in Greater Iran.[8][9]
Mawlānā, Mevlânâ Rumi | |
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Muhammad | |
.jpg) Rumi as depicted by Iranian artist Hossein Behzad (1957) | |
| Title | Jalaluddin, jalāl al-Din,[1] Mevlana, Mawlana |
| Personal | |
| Born | 30 September 1207 |
| Died | 17 December 1273 (aged 66) |
| Resting place | Tomb of Mevlana Rumi, Mevlana Museum, Konya, Turkey |
| Religion | Islam |
| Nationality | Khwarezmian Empire, then Sultanate of Rum |
| Home town | Wakhsh (present-day Tajikistan) or Balkh present-day Afghanistan |
| Spouse | Gevher Khatun, Karra Khatun |
| Children | Sultan Valad, Ala al-din Chelebi, Amir Alim Chelebi, Malike Khatun. |
| Parents |
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| Era | Islamic Golden Age (7th Islamic century) |
| Denomination | Sunni[4] |
| Jurisprudence | Hanafi |
| Creed | Maturidi[5][6] |
| Main interest(s) | Sufi poetry, Hanafi jurisprudence, Maturidi theology |
| Notable idea(s) | Sufi whirling, Muraqaba |
| Notable work(s) | Mathnawī-ī ma'nawī, Dīwān-ī Shams-ī Tabrīzī, Fīhi mā fīhi |
| Tariqa | Mevlevi |
| Known for | Mathnawi, Rumi Music |
| Pen name | Rumi |
| Order | Sufi |
| Philosophy | Sufism, Mysticism |
| Muslim leader | |
| Predecessor | Shams-i Tabrizi and Baha-ud-din Zakariya |
| Successor | Husam al-Din Chalabi, Sultan Valad |
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| Arabic name | |
| Personal (Ism) | Muḥammad محمد |
| Patronymic (Nasab) | ibn Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥusayn ibn Aḥmad بن محمد بن الحسين بن أحمد |
| Epithet (Laqab) | Jalāl ad-Dīn جلال الدين |
| Toponymic (Nisba) | ar-Rūmī الرومي al-Khaṭībī الخطيبي al-Balkhī البلخي al-Bakrī البكري |
Rumi's works were written mostly in Persian, but occasionally he also used Turkish,[10] Arabic[11] and Greek[12][13][14] in his verse. His Masnavi (Mathnawi), composed in Konya, is considered one of the greatest poems of the Persian language.[15][16] Rumi's influence has transcended national borders and ethnic divisions: Iranians, Kurds, Tajiks, Turks, Greeks, Pashtuns, other Central Asian Muslims, as well as Muslims of South Asia have greatly appreciated his spiritual legacy for the past seven centuries.[17][18] His poetry influenced not only Persian literature, but also the literary traditions of the Ottoman Turkish, Chagatai, Kurdish, Urdu, Bengali and Pashto languages.[17][19][20]
His works are widely read today in their original language across Greater Iran and the Persian-speaking world.[21][22] His poems have subsequently been translated into many of the world's languages and transposed into various formats. Rumi has been described as the "most popular poet",[23] is very popular in Turkey, Azerbaijan and South Asia,[24] and has become the "best selling poet" in the United States.[25][26]