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    Mevlânâ Jelaluddin Rumi was a 13th century Sufi poet and scholar who lived in Konya, Turkey and was greatly influenced spiritually by his encounters with the mystic Shems-i-Tabriz. He is most famous for his six written works including his spiritual couplets called the Mathnawi Ma’nawi and his collected poems called the Divan-i Shams-i Tabrizi. Over 700 years later, Rumi remains widely popular as America's best-selling poet and his teachings continue to inspire many around the world with over 20 million Google search results for his name.

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    Mevlânâ Jelaluddin Rumi was a 13th century Sufi poet and scholar who lived in Konya, Turkey and was greatly influenced spiritually by his encounters with the mystic Shems-i-Tabriz. He is most famous for his six written works including his spiritual couplets called the Mathnawi Ma’nawi and his collected poems called the Divan-i Shams-i Tabrizi. Over 700 years later, Rumi remains widely popular as America's best-selling poet and his teachings continue to inspire many around the world with over 20 million Google search results for his name.

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    Mevlânâ Jelaluddin Rumi was a 13th century Sufi poet and scholar who lived in Konya, Turkey and was greatly influenced spiritually by his encounters with the mystic Shems-i-Tabriz. He is most famous for his six written works including his spiritual couplets called the Mathnawi Ma’nawi and his collected poems called the Divan-i Shams-i Tabrizi. Over 700 years later, Rumi remains widely popular as America's best-selling poet and his teachings continue to inspire many around the world with over 20 million Google search results for his name.

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    Mevln Jelaluddin Rumi

    Mevln Jelaluddin Mohammad Molav Rumi, the Sufi and poet lived in 13th century Konya (now in Turkey) the capital of the Seljuk Empire. He was already a renowned scholar, teacher and spiritual leader when his encounters with the traveling mystic, Shems-i-Tabriz, led to the blossoming of his full spiritual light. It was because of Shems that he started writing poetry. His written legacy is contained in six texts. Three are poetry: the Divan-i Shams-i Tabrizi - a collection of lyric poems, the Mathnawi Manawi Spiritual couplets, and the Ruba'iyyat. Three are prose: his Discourses: Fihi ma Fihi It is what it is, his collected letters: Makatib, and a collection of seven talks: Majalis-i sab'ah. Rumi, a Muslim, respected all traditions. At his funeral in 1273, Muslims, Christians, Jews, Arabs, Persians, Turks and Romans honored him. His students and followers have maintained his teachings and practices from that time to the present day. Now, over seven hundred years later, he is Americas best-selling poet, inspiring many with his devotion, love and instruction in human ripening. There are 1,641 results when searching Rumi on Amazon.com, and about 20,900,000 results (0.12 seconds) when searching on Google.com. 1207 born near Balkh (present-day Afghanistan) on September 30 1244 met the travelling dervish, Shams of Tabriz 1273 died on December 17

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