Rumi
Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad Rūmī (Persian: جلالالدین محمّد رومی), or simply Rumi (30 September 1207 – 17 December 1273), was a Persian 13th-century poet, Hanafi faqih, Islamic scholar, Maturidi theologian and Sufi mystic originally from Greater Khorasan in Greater Iran.
Mawlānā, Mevlânâ Rumi | |
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رومی | |
Rumi, by Iranian artist Hossein Behzad (1957) | |
| Title | Jalaluddin, jalāl al-Din, Mevlana, Mawlana |
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| 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. |
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| Era | Islamic Golden Age (7th Islamic century) |
| Denomination | Sunni |
| Jurisprudence | Hanafi |
| Creed | Maturidi |
| 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 جلالالدین |
| 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, Arabic and Greek in his verse. His Masnavi (Mathnawi), composed in Konya, is considered one of the greatest poems of the Persian language. Rumi's influence has transcended national borders and ethnic divisions: Iranians, Afghans, Tajiks, Turks, Kurds, Greeks, Central Asian Muslims, as well as Muslims of South Asia have greatly appreciated his spiritual legacy for the past seven centuries. His poetry influenced not only Persian literature, but also the literary traditions of the Ottoman Turkish, Chagatai, Pashto, Kurdish, Urdu, and Bengali languages.
Rumi's works are widely read today in their original language across Greater Iran and the Persian-speaking world. 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", is very popular in Turkey, Azerbaijan and South Asia, and has become the "best selling poet" in the United States.