Jalāl ad-Dīn Muhammad Rūmī (Persian: جلال الدین محمد رومی ), also known as Jalāl ad-Dīn Muhammad Balkhī (جلال الدین محمد بلخى), Mawlānā (مولانا, "our master"), Mevlânâ, Mevlevî (مولوی Mawlawī, "my master"), and more popularly simply as Rūmī (1207 – 17 December 1273), was a 13th-century Persian poet, jurist, Islamic scholar, theologian, and Sufi mystic. Rumi's influence transcends national borders and ethnic divisions: Iranians, Tajiks,...
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Jalāl ad-Dīn Muhammad Rūmī (Persian: جلال الدین محمد رومی ), also known as Jalāl ad-Dīn Muhammad Balkhī (جلال الدین محمد بلخى), Mawlānā (مولانا, "our master"), Mevlânâ, Mevlevî (مولوی Mawlawī, "my master"), and more popularly simply as Rūmī (1207 – 17 December 1273), was a 13th-century Persian poet, jurist, Islamic scholar, theologian, and Sufi mystic. Rumi's influence transcends national borders and ethnic divisions: Iranians, Tajiks,...