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Mevlânâ Celâleddin-i Rûmî

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Mevlânâ Celâleddin-i Rûmî

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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

Anadolu'da yaşamış tasavvuf âlimi ve şair (1207–1273)

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Rumi was a male poet, ulema, writer, and literary scholar born in Balkh and Vakhsh on 30 September 1207. He worked in Islamic philosophy and Sufism, adhering to the religion of Islam. His notable works include Fihi Ma Fihi, Masnavi, and Diwan-e Shams-e Tabrizi. He was the student of Baha ud-Din Walad, who was also his father, and he had a student named Husam al-Din Chalabi.

Rumi died in Konya on 17 December 1273 and is buried at the Mevlâna Museum. He had a child named Sultan Walad and was significantly associated with Attar of Nishapur, Sanai, Shams Tabrizi, and Gürcü Hatun. His name in his native language is جلال‌الدین مُحمَّد بلخی. He is described by sources such as the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary and the Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition.

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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

Hip-Hopjapaneseabstract hip-hoprapexperimental

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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

Instance of
human
Gender
male
Citizenship
Iran
Place of birth
Vakhsh
Place of death
Konya
Occupation
Islamic jurist
Languages spoken
medieval Greek
Native language
Persian
Religion
Islam
Field of work
Sufism
Image
Mevlana-celaleddin-i-rumi-1.jpg
Number of children
4
Show 17 more facts
Commons category
Rumi
place of burial
Mevlâna Museum
date of birth
1207-09-30
date of death
1273-12-17
topic's main category
Category:Rumi
Commons Creator page
Rumi
significant person
Attar of Nishapur
lifestyle
Sufism
name in native language
جلال‌الدین مُحمَّد بلخی
pseudonym
خاموش
nickname
مولوی
honorific prefix
mawla
influenced by
Abdul Qadir Gilani
writing language
Persian
on focus list of Wikimedia project
Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
Sources (7)

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Works in European collections

27 objects attributed to Mevlânâ Celâleddin-i Rûmî, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

Gallery (30)