Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī, Maulana, 1207-1273

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Dates:
Birth 1207-09-30
Death 1273-12-17
Iranians
Arabic, Persian, Arabic, Persian,

Biographical notes:

Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad Rūmī, popularly known simply as Rumi, was a 13th-century poet, Hanafi faqih, Islamic scholar, Maturidi theologian and Sufi mystic originally from Greater Khorasan in Greater Iran. 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. His poems have been widely translated into many of the world's languages and transposed into various formats.

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Subjects:

  • Sufism
  • Illumination of books and manuscripts, Iranian
  • Manuscripts, Persian
  • Manuscripts, Persian
  • Persian language and literature
  • Persian literature
  • Persian poetry
  • Persian poetry
  • Sufi poetry, Persian
  • Manuscripts, Persian
  • Persian poetry

Occupations:

  • Poets

Places:

  • 00, IR
  • 71, TR
  • 02, TJ
  • Québec (Province)--Montréal (as recorded)
  • Québec (Province)--Montréal (as recorded)
  • New Jersey--Princeton (as recorded)
  • New York (State)--New York (as recorded)
  • New York (State)--New York (as recorded)

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