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How Shams and Rumi met—the union that sprung the poet’s ‘Diwan-e-Shams’
He seems to say that he had encountered Rumi in Damascus, after the death of his father Baha-al-din Valad and before Rumi succeeded him as the Mowlana, the professor-preacher of Konya. In an ...
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New book explores the misunderstood legacy of Persian poet Jalal-al-Din Rumi in the West
A New Collection' by Farrukh Dhondy will be released on 2 April on SoftCover, ThePrint’s online platform for launching ...
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Mawlana Rumi Review
Dīvān-i Shams-i Tabrīz, Fīhi mā fīh and Majālis al-sabʽa; and the reception and translation of Rumi’s thought in modern and medieval literary history and thought.
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Sharjah exhibition gives rare insights into mystic and poet Rumi’s life
Returning to Konya after his pilgrimage to Mecca, Rumi experienced a fateful meeting in 642 AH with Shams Al-Din Tabrizi, a mystic whose influence would shape the poet’s spiritual journey.