The Masnavi I Ma'navi of Rumi Complete 6 books

The Masnavi I Ma'navi of Rumi Complete 6 books

Also known as THE SPIRITUAL COUPLETS
OF
MAULANA JALALU-'D-DlN MUHAMMAD RUMI

JalÄl ad-DÄ«n Muá¸¥ammad BalkhÄ« (Persian: Ø¬Ù„Ø§Ù„ Ø§Ù„Ø¯ÛŒÙ† Ù…ØÙ…Ø¯ Ø¨Ù„Ø®Ù‰), also known as JalÄl ad-DÄ«n Muá¸¥ammad RÅ«mÄ« (Persian: Ø¬Ù„Ø§Ù„â€ŒØ§Ù„Ø¯ÛŒÙ† Ù…ØÙ…Ø¯ Ø±ÙˆÙ…ÛŒ), and popularly known as MowlÄnÄ (Persian: Ù…ÙˆÙ„Ø§Ù†Ø§) but known to the English-speaking world simply as Rumi (30 September 1207 â€“ 17 December 1273), was a 13th-century Persian poet, jurist, theologian, and sufi mystic. RÅ«mÄ« is a descriptive name meaning "the Roman" since he lived most of his life in an area called RÅ«m because it was once ruled by the Byzantine Empire.

Rumi was born in Greater Balkh (Bakhtarzamin), thus heÂ´s called as Balkhi, in Wakhsh, a small town located at the river Wakhsh in what is now Tajikistan. Wakhsh belonged to the larger province of Balkh, and in the year Rumi was born, his father was an appointed scholar there. Both these cities were at the time included in the Greater Persian cultural sphere of Khorasan, the easternmost province of historical Persia, and were part of the Khwarezmian Empire.

His birthplace and native language both indicate a Persian heritage. Due to quarrels between different dynasties in Khorasan, opposition to the Khwarizmid Shahs who were considered devious by BahÄ ud-DÄ«n Walad (Rumi's father) or fear of the impending Mongol cataclysm, his father decided to migrate westwards. Rumi's family traveled west, first performing the Hajj and eventually settling in the Anatolian city Konya (capital of the Seljuk Sultanate of Rum, now located in Turkey). This was where he lived most of his life, and here he composed one of the crowning glories of Persian literature which profoundly affected the culture of the area.

He lived most of his life under the Sultanate of Rum, where he produced his works[14] and died in 1273 CE. He was buried in Konya and his shrine became a place of pilgrimage. Following his death, his followers and his son Sultan Walad founded the MawlawÄ«yah Sufi Order, also known as the Order of the Whirling Dervishes, famous for its Sufi dance known as the samÄÊ¿ ceremony.

Rumi's works are written in the new Persian language. A Persian literary renaissance (in the 8th/9th century) started in regions of Sistan, KhorÄsÄn and Transoxiana and by the 10th/11th century, it reinforced the Persian language as the preferred literary and cultural language in the Persian Islamic world. Although Rumi's works were written in Persian, Rumi's importance is considered to transcend national and ethnic borders. His original works are widely read in their original language across the Persian-speaking world. Translations of his works are very popular in other countries. His poetry has influenced Persian literature as well as Urdu, literature and other Pakistani languages written in Arabic script e.g. Pashto and Sindhi. His poems have been widely translated into many of the world's languages and transposed into various formats; He has been described as the "most popular poet in America" in 2007.
Country USA
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2010-01-16
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2010-01-16
Format	Kindle eBook