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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.)