Rumi
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Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad Rūmī, commonly known as Rumi, was a Sufi mystic, poet, and founder of the Islamic brotherhood known as the Mevlevi Order. His family hailed from Balkh. Rumi is an influential fig
Rumi, by Iranian artist Hossein Behzad (1957)
Jalal ad-Din Rumi gathers Sufi mystics
Double-page illuminated frontispiece, 1st book (Persian: دفتر, "daftar") of the Collection of poems (Masnavi-i ma'navi), 1461 manuscript
Tomb shrine of Rumi, Konya
Mevlevi Order
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The Mevlevi Order or Mawlawiyya is a Sufi order that originated in Konya, Turkey and which was founded by the followers of Jalaluddin Muhammad Balkhi Rumi, a 13th-century Persian poet, Sufi mystic, an
Rumi
…Rūmī (30 September 1207 – 17 December 1273), commonly known as Rumi, was a Sufi mystic, poet, and founder of the Islamic brotherhood known as the Mevlevi Order. His family hailed from Balkh. Rumi is an influential figure in Sufism, and his thought and works loom large both in Persian literature and mystic…
Whirling dervishes, illustrated in Le Livre d'Or des Voyages by Louis Mainard, c. 1890
Mevlevi whirling dervishes, 1887
Hodjapasha Culture Center is a restored Ottoman hamam (bathhouse) in Istanbul's Sirkeci district now used for performances of the Mevlevi (whirling dervish) sema.
Lālā Muṣṭafa Paşa ("Mustapha Pasha") visiting the Mevlânâ ("Rumi") tomb in Konya circa 1580, with whirling dervishes