Mawlana jalal al din rumi biography
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Contributed by Dr. Ibrahim Gamard
“You are not just a drop in the ocean, You are the ocean in a drop.” Rumi
Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī b. Bahā’ al-Dīn Walad b. Ḥusayn b. Aḥmad Khaṭībī was born on 6 Rabīc I 604/September 30, 1207 in or near the ancient city of Balkh in a region of Khorāsān (now in Afghanistan) and died on 5 Jumāda II 672/December 17, 1273 in Konya (now in Turkey). His birth name was the same as his father’s: Muḥammad. From an early age, his father called him Jalāl al-Dīn (“The glory of the Religion”). He was also called by the Arabic title, Mawlānā (“our Master”), as was his father. In addition, his disciples called him by the Persian title, Khodāwandgar (“great Master”). He was known as Rūmī (“Roman”) because he spent most of his life in the region known by Muslims as “Rūm,” the Anatolian peninsula most of which had been conquered by the Saljūq Turks after centuries of rule by the Eastern (Byzantine) Roman Empire.
Mawlānā has long been viewed as one of the greatest Persian poets and has been called “surely the greatest mystical poet in the history of mankind” (Arberry, 1949, p. xix). He is the author of the fol
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Rumi
Sufi scholar and poet (1207–1273)
For other uses, see Rumi (disambiguation).
Mawlānā, Mevlânâ Rumi | |
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Rumi, by Iranian artist Hossein Behzad (1957) | |
| Title | Jalaluddin, jalāl al-Din,[1]Mevlana, Mawlana |
| Born | 30 September 1207 Balkh (present-day Afghanistan)[2] or Wakhsh (present-day Tajikistan),[3][4]Khwarezmian Empire |
| Died | 17 December 1273 (aged 66) Konya (present-day Turkey), Sultanate of Rum |
| Resting place | Tomb of Mevlana Rumi, Mevlana Museum, Konya, Turkey |
| 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 Walad, Ulu Arif Chelebi, Amir Alim Chelebi, Malike Khatun. |
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| Era | Islamic Golden Age (7th Islamic century) |
| 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 |
| Known for | Mathnawi, Rumi Music |
| Religion | Islam |
| Denomination | Sunni[5] |
| Order | Sufi |
| Philosophy | Sufism, Mysticism |
| Jurisprudence | Hanafi |
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