Three-quarters of a millenium after his death, Rumi consistently ranks among the bestselling poets in the United States, boosting interest in the anniversary celebrations in Konya. “Some people ...

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 ...

The Mevlevi Sufi order was founded in 1273 by Rumi's followers after his death. The Mathnawi is often called the "Qur'an-e Parsi" (The Persian Qur'an). The Works of Shams of Tabriz is named in ...