And then the others, they come for the poetry,” explained Celal Çelebi, a 23rd-generation descendent of Rumi and member of the family that has led the Mevlevi order in Konya for centuries.

After the death/disappearance of Shams, Rumi delved deep into poetry and is said to have written 3,000 love songs and 2,000 quatrains. He gave poetry its embellishments i.e., of music and dance.

Shams-u-Tabrez has left in his Maqalut, a sort of autobiography, an account of his interaction with Rumi. He seems to say that he had encountered Rumi in Damascus, after the death of his father ...

TEHRAN, Sep. 29 (MNA) – Jalaluddin Mohammad Rumi’s spiritual poems and perpetual wisdom have transcended time and cultures. The didactic epic Mas̄navī-yi Maʿnavī (“Spiritual Couplets”) graphically ...

Aga Khan Museum in Toronto has mounted an exhibition examining Rumi’s life and work, the visual art he inspired in the centuries after his death and his current popularity ...

It features historical artifacts from the period of Rumi's lifetime, as well as manuscripts of his work and art inspired by his poetry, starting from the period right after his death in 1273 and ...