Rumi

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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]

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Mawlānā, Mevlânâ
Rumi
Muhammad
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Rumi as depicted by Iranian artist Hossein Behzad (1957)
TitleJalaluddin, jalāl al-Din,[1] Mevlana, Mawlana
Personal
Born30 September 1207
Died17 December 1273 (aged 66)
Resting placeTomb of Mevlana Rumi, Mevlana Museum, Konya, Turkey
ReligionIslam
NationalityKhwarezmian Empire, then Sultanate of Rum
Home townWakhsh (present-day Tajikistan) or Balkh present-day Afghanistan
SpouseGevher Khatun, Karra Khatun
ChildrenSultan Valad, Ala al-din Chelebi, Amir Alim Chelebi, Malike Khatun.
Parents
  • Baha al-Din Valad (father)
  • Mo'mena Khatun (mother)
EraIslamic Golden Age
(7th Islamic century)
DenominationSunni[4]
JurisprudenceHanafi
CreedMaturidi[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
TariqaMevlevi
Known forMathnawi, Rumi Music
Pen nameRumi
OrderSufi
PhilosophySufism, Mysticism
Muslim leader
PredecessorShams-i Tabrizi and Baha-ud-din Zakariya
SuccessorHusam al-Din Chalabi, Sultan Valad
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
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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]