Rumi (Jalāl ad-Dīn Rūmī)

(Language: Persian)

Short Description: (name) famous Sufi (male) of Konya (Turkey), born 1207, died 1273

Long Description: Founder of the Mevlevī (Arabic: Mawlawīyyah) order of “whirling dervishes”; author of the famous mystical poem the Mathnawī, composed in Persian and which contains his whole doctrine.

Sources: Introduction to Sufi Doctrine (by Titus Burckhardt)