Shams Tabrizi
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Shams Tabrīzī was a Persian dervish and poet, best known for his companionship with Rumi.
Persian miniature of Shams Tabrizi by Hossein Behzad, dated 1963
Bowl of Reflections, early 13th century. Brooklyn Museum.
Tomb of Shams Tabrizi
Tomb of Shams Tabrizi
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
Shams Tabrizi
…Shams Tabrīzī (1185–1248) was a Persian dervish and poet, best known for his companionship with Rumi. He is referenced with great reverence and grief in Rumi's poetic collection, in particular Divan-i Shams-i Tabrīzī. Tradition holds that Shams taught…
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