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Description: Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad Rūmī (30 September 1207 – 17 December 1273), was a 13th-century poet, Hanafi faqih (jurist), Islamic scholar, Maturidi theologian (mutakallim), and Sufi mystic originally from Greater Khorasan in Greater Iran. Rumi's works were written mostly in Persian, but occasionally he also used Turkish, Arabic, and Greek in his verse. His Masnavi (Mathnawi), composed in Konya, is considered one of the greatest poems of the Persian language.Rumi's influence has transcended national borders and ethnic divisions. Iranians, Afghans, Tajiks, Turks, Kurds, Greeks, and Central Asian Muslims, as well as Muslims of the Indian subcontinent, have greatly appreciated his spiritual legacy for the past seven

Profession: Poet

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