Rumi

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Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad Rūmī (Persian: جلال‌الدین محمد رومی), also known as Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad Balkhī (جلال‌الدین محمد بلخى), Mevlânâ/Mawlānā (Persian: مولانا, lit.'our master') and Mevlevî/Mawlawī (Persian: مولوی, lit.'my master'), but more popularly known simply as 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.[10][11] Rumi's influence transcends national borders and ethnic divisions: Iranians, Kurds, Tajiks, Turks, Greeks, Pashtuns, other Central Asian Muslims, as well as Muslims of the Indian subcontinent have greatly appreciated his spiritual legacy for the past seven centuries.[12][13] His poems have been widely translated into many of the world's languages and transposed into various formats. Rumi has been described as the "most popular poet"[14] and the "best selling poet" in the United States.[15][16]

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Rumi
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Rumi as depicted by Iranian artist Hossein Behzad (1957)
TitleMevlânâ, Mawlānā,[1] Mevlevî, Mawlawī
Personal
Born30 September 1207
Died17 December 1273 (aged 66)
Resting placeTomb of Mevlana Rumi, Mevlana Museum, Konya, Turkey
ReligionIslam
ChildrenSultan Walad
EraIslamic Golden Age
(7th Islamic century)
RegionKhwarezmian Empire (Balkh: 1207–1212, 1213–1217; Samarkand: 1212–1213)[4][5]
Sultanate of Rum (Malatya: 1217–1219; Akşehir: 1219–1222; Larende: 1222–1228; Konya: 1228–1273)[4]
DenominationSunni[6]
JurisprudenceHanafi
CreedMaturidi[7][8]
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
Muslim leader
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Rumi's works are written mostly in Persian, but occasionally he also used Turkish,[17] Arabic[18] and Greek[19][20][21] in his verse. His Masnavi (Mathnawi), composed in Konya, is considered one of the greatest poems of the Persian language.[22][23] His works are widely read today in their original language across Greater Iran and the Persian-speaking world.[24][25] Translations of his works are very popular, most notably in Turkey, Azerbaijan, the United States and South Asia.[26] His poetry has influenced not only Persian literature, but also the literary traditions of the Ottoman Turkish, Chagatai, Kurdish, Urdu, Bengali and Pashto languages.[12][27][28]