Jalāl ad-Dīn Muhammad Rūmī  also known as (Jalāl ad-Dīn Muhammad Balkhī)  (Mevlânâ/Mawlānā)(our master), (Mevlevî/Mawlawī) (my master), and more popularly simply as Rumi (1207-1273), was a 13th-century Persian poet, faqih, Islamic scholar, theologian, and Sufi mystic originally from Greater Khorasan. Rumi's influence transcends national borders and ethnic divisions: Iranians, Tajiks, Turks, Greeks, Pashtuns, other Central Asian Muslims, and the Muslims of South Asia have greatly appreciated his spiritual legacy for the past seven centuries. His poems have been widely translated into many of the world's languages and transposed into various formats. Rumi has been described as the "most popular poet" and the "best selling poet" in the United States. (Wikipedia)

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