Rumi (Jalāl ad-Dīn Muḥammad Balkhī)
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Birth Date 30 September 1207
Death Date 17 December 1273
Personal Name Jalāl-Dīn Rūmī
Alternate Names
- Jalāl ad-Dīn Muḥammad Balkhī
- جلالالدین محمد بلخى
- Jalāl ad-Dīn Muḥammad Rūmī
- جلالالدین محمد رومی
- Mowlānā
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Jalāl ad-Dīn Muḥammad Balkhī was a 13th-century Persian poet, jurist, theologian, and Sufi mystic. Rūmī is a descriptive name meaning "the Roman" since he lived most of his life in an area called Rūm because it was once ruled by the Byzantine Empire. (Source.)