THE SPIRITUAL COUPLETS OF MAULANA JALALU-'D-DlN MUHAMMAD RUMI Masnavi Book 3

Jalal ad-Din Mu?ammad Balkhi (also known as Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi Persian pronunciation and popularly known as Mevlana in Turkey and Mawlana in Iran and Afghanistan but known to the English-speaking world simply as Rumi (30 September 1207 – 17 December 1273) was a 13th-century Persian Muslim poet, jurist, theologian, and Sufi mystic. Rumi  is a descriptive name meaning "Roman" since he lived most of his life in an area called "Rum" (then under the control of Seljuq dynasty) because it was once ruled by the Eastern Roman Empire. He was one of the figures who flourished in the Sultanate of Rum.

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