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Also known as Jalāluddīn Balkhī Rumī, Jalaladdin Rumi, Jalāluddīn Muḥammad Balkhī Rūmī, Jalāl ad-Dīn ar-Rūmī, Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad Balkhī, Jalāladdīn Rūmī, Rūmī, Jalal-e Din Rumi

Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad Rūmī, commonly known as Rumi (30 September 1207 – 17 December 1273), was a Sufi mystic, poet, and founder of the Islamic brotherhood known as the Mevlevi Order. His family hailed from Balkh. Rumi is an influential figure in Sufism, and his thought and works loom large both in Persian literature and mystic poetry in general. Today, his translated works are enjoyed all over the world.

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Rumi was a 13th-century Persian poet and Sufi mystic who founded an Islamic spiritual brotherhood called the Mevlevi Order, and he remains a major figure in both Persian literature and mystical Islamic thought. His poems and writings, now translated worldwide, continue to influence readers globally and are considered foundational to Sufism and mystical poetry more broadly.

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Person · Open Library

Born
30 September 1207
Died
17 December 1273
Works
386

Top works

  • مثنوي معنوي
  • Mystical poems of Rūmī
  • Mesnevi'de geçen bütün hikayeler
  • Kitāb fīhi mā fīh
  • Usturlāb-i ḥaqq

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
Saitama
Active from
1207
Active to
1273

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
496,898
Total plays
7,553,062

Tags

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Authority record · VIAF

Lifespan
1207–1273
Nationality
IR, TR, AF, IRN
Role / Field
Poets, Poetes, Poet, Mystic, Theologiens, Sufism
Language
per, fas
Gender
Male

Recorded by 46 libraries

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Quotes

  • He whose intellect overcomes his desire is higher than the angels; he whose desire overcomes his intellect is less than an animal.
  • The fault is in the one who blames. Spirit sees nothing to criticize.
  • This discipline and rough treatment are a furnace to extract the silver from the dross. This testing purifies the gold by boiling the scum away.
  • Fortunate is he who does not carry envy as a companion.
  • The idol of your self is the mother of all idols. To regard the self as easy to subdue is a mistake.
  • If you wish mercy, show mercy to the weak.

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Key facts

Religious biography.era
Mongol conquests
Religious biography.honorific prefix
Mawlānā, Mevlânâ; "Our Master"
Religious biography.name
Rumi
Religious biography.native_name_lang
fa
Religious biography.image
مولانا اثر حسین بهزاد (cropped).jpg
Religious biography.image_size
250px
Religious biography.caption
Rumi, by Iranian artist Hossein Behzad (1957)
Religious biography.title
Jalaluddin, jalāl al-Din, Mevlana, Mawlana
Religious biography.birth_date
30 September 1207
Religious biography.birth_place
Wakhsh, Khwarezmian Empire
Religious biography.death_date
17 December 1273 (aged 66)
Religious biography.death_place
Konya, Sultanate of Rum
Religious biography.resting_place
Tomb of Mevlana Rumi, Mevlana Museum, Konya, Turkey
Religious biography.mother
Mo'mena Khatun
Religious biography.father
Baha al-Din Valad
Religious biography.spouse
Gevher Khatun, Karra Khatun
Religious biography.children
Sultan Walad, Ulu Arif Chelebi, Amir Alim Chelebi, Malike Khatun.
Religious biography.religion
Islam

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Wikidata facts

Image
Mevlana-celaleddin-i-rumi-1.jpg
Number of children
4
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Commons category
Rumi
date of birth
1207-09-30
date of death
1273-12-17
Commons Creator page
Rumi
name in native language
جلال‌الدین مُحمَّد بلخی
pseudonym
خاموش
nickname
مولوی
Sources (7)

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Works in European collections

27 objects attributed to Rumi, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

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Article

32 sections
Contents
  • Name
  • Life
  • Overview
  • Childhood and emigration
  • Education and encounters with Shams-e Tabrizi
  • Later life and death
  • Teachings
  • Major works
  • Poetic works
  • Prose works
  • Religious outlook
  • Language
  • Legacy
  • Universality
  • Iranian world
  • Mewlewī Sufi Order; Rumi and Turkey
  • Religious denomination
  • Eight-hundredth anniversary celebrations
  • ''Mawlana Rumi Review''
  • See also
  • General
  • Poems by Rumi
  • Persian culture
  • Rumi scholars and writers
  • English translators of Rumi poetry
  • Notes
  • References
  • Further reading
  • English translations
  • Life and work
  • Persian literature
  • External links

Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad Rūmī, commonly known as Rumi (30 September 1207&nbsp;– 17 December 1273), was a Sufi mystic, poet, and founder of the Islamic brotherhood known as the Mevlevi Order. His family hailed from Balkh. Rumi is an influential figure in Sufism, and his thought and works loom large both in Persian literature and mystic poetry in general. Today, his translated works are enjoyed all over the world.

The rapidly advancing Mongol hordes forced his family to flee west early on in his life. After spending time in various cities across Iran, Baghdad, and Damascus, he settled in Konya with his family at age 19. Until recently, Konya had been a province of the Eastern Roman Empire, hence his name, Rumi, i.e. "the Roman". Although he was exposed to Sufi thought from his early childhood, he was expected to follow his fathers footsteps as an Islamic scholar.

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