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Work 1: Masnavī -i Maulānā Jalā l al-Dī n Rū mī (Jalā l al-Dī n Rū mī , Maulana, 1207-1273)

LOC subject headings

Persian literature

Sufi poetry, Persian

Masnavis, Persian

Persian poetry 747-1500

Sufism (Early works to 1800)

Author

Jalā l al-Dī n Rū mī , Maulana, 1207-1273

جلال الدين رومي، مولانا

Show other names

Celâleddin-i Rûmı̂ , Mevlâna, 1207-1273

Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī, Maulana, 1207-1273 (authorised)

Balkhī, Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad, Maulana, 1207-1273 (variant)

Balkhi, Jalaludin Mohammad, Mawlana, ‏1207-1273 (variant)

Balkhy, Jallal ed-Din Muhammad, 1207-1273 (variant)

Celâleddin-i Rûmı̂, Mevlâna, 1207-1273 (variant)

Celâleddin Rûmı̂, Mevlâna, 1207-1273 (variant)

D̲jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī, Maulana, 1207-1273 (variant)

Djalâl-od-Dîn Rûmî, Maulana, 1207-1273 (variant)

Dschalaluddin Rumi, Maulana, 1207-1273 (variant)

Dschelal-Eddin Rumi, Maulana, 1207-1273 (variant)

Dschelaladdin Rumi, Maulana, 1207-1273 (variant)

Dschelaleddin Rumi, Maulana, 1207-1273 (variant)

Dzhalaliddin Rumi, Maulana, 1207-1273 (variant)

Dzhaloluddin Balkhii Rumi, Mavlono, 1207-1273 (variant)

Dzhaloluddin Rumi, 1207-1273 (variant)

Ǧalāladdīn Rūmī, Maulana, 1207-1273 (variant)

Gialâl ad-Dîn Rûmî, Maulana, 1207-1273 (variant)

Jalāl ad-Dīn ar-Rūmī, Mawlāna, 1207-1273 (variant)

Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī, Mawlana, 1207-1273 (variant)

Jalal-e Din Rumi, Maulana, 1207-1273 (variant)

Jalal Eddine Rûmi, Maulana, 1207-1273 (variant)

Jalal-ud-din Rumi, Maulana, 1207-1273 (variant)

Jalāladdīn Rūmī, Maulana, 1207-1273 (variant)

Jalaladdin Rumi, Mawlana, 1207-1273 (variant)

Jalālauddīna Rūmī, Maulana, 1207-1273 (variant)

Jalálu-ʼd-ʼDín Muhammad i Rúmí, Maulana, 1207-1273 (variant)

Jalāluddīn Balk̲h̲ī Rumī, Maulana, 1207-1273 (variant)

Jalaluddin Mohammad Rumi, Maulana, 1207-1273 (variant)

Jalāluddīn Muḥammad Balk̲h̲ī Rūmī, Maulana, 1207-1273 (variant)

Jalaluʼddin Rumi, Maulana, 1207-1273 (variant)

Jaláluddin Rumi, Mevlana, 1207-1273 (variant)

Jalaludin Mohammad Balkhi, Mawlana, ‏1207-1273 (variant)

Jallal ed-Din Muhammad Balkhy, 1207-1273 (variant)

Jallal Molavi Rumi, Molana, ‏1207-1273 (variant)

Jaloliddin Rumiy, 1207-1273 (variant)

Jaloluddin Muḣammadi Rumī, Mavlono, 1207-1273 (variant)

Jelaluddin Rumi, Maulana, 1207-1273 (variant)

Jelaluddin Rumi, Mevlana, 1207-1273 (variant)

Jolalud-Din Rumi, Maulana, 1207-1273 (variant)

Mavlono Jaloluddin Muḣammadi Rumī, 1207-1273 (variant)

Mevlâna, 1207-1273 (variant)

Mowlavi, 1207-1273 (variant)

Roumi, Tzalalountin, 1207-1273 (variant)

Rum, Maulana, 1207-1273 (variant)

Rūmī, 1207-1273 (variant)

Rūmī, Jalāl al-Dīn, Maulana, 1207-1273 (variant)

Rumi, Jalal-e Din, Maulana, 1207-1273 (variant)

Rumi, Jalaladdin, Mawlana, 1207-1273 (variant)

Rūmī, Jalālauddīna, Maulana, 1207-1273 (variant)

Rumi, Jaláluddin, 1207-1273 (variant)

Rumi, Jallal Molavi, Molana, ‏1207-1273 (variant)

Rumi, Mawlana, 1207-1273 (variant)

Rumi, Mevlana Jaláluddin, 1207-1273 (variant)

Rumiĭ, Zhaloliddin, 1207-1273 (variant)

Rumiy, Jaloliddin, 1207-1273 (variant)

Rumy, Jelaleddin, 1207-1273 (variant)

Tzalalountin Roumi, 1207-1273 (variant)

Ŷalāl al-Dīn Rūmī, Mevlana, 1207-1273 (variant)

Zhaloliddin Rumiĭ, 1207-1273 (variant)

Джалолуддин Руми, 1207-1273 (variant)

Джалолуддин Балхии Руми, Mavlono, 1207-1273 (variant)

بلخى، مولانا جلال الدين محمد بن محمد, مولانا (variant)

جلال الدين بلخى رومى،, مولانا (variant)

جلال الدين رومي،, مولانا،, 1207-1273 (variant)

‏جلال الدين رومى،‏, ‏Maulana,‏, ‏1207-1273 (variant)

جلال الدين رومى،, مولانا (variant)

رومي، مولانا جلال الدين،, مولانا (variant)

رومى (variant)

Biographical notes

According to some sources, he was born on Rabīʿ I 604 [1207 CE] in Balkh ( (Bausani, A. and H. Ritter. "D̲j̲alāl al-Dīn Rūmī." Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition. , [n.d.] referenceworks.brillonline.com.)). Generally known by his nickname Maulana, he was a Persian Sufi poet and the ideological founder of the Mawlawīyah Sufi order. He was the son of the Sufi thinker Bahāʼ al-Dīn Valad, 1150-1231 and together they migrated westwards when Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī was five years old. His family eventually settled in Anatolia after travelling across Central Asia, Iran and Iraq. Before taking up residence in Larende (Karaman), the family was for different periods of time in other Anatolian cities such as Sivas and the region close to Erzincan. Finally, at the request of the Seljuq prince Kayqubad I, Sultan of the Seljuks, -1237 ( (Aflākī, Shams al-Dīn Aḥmad. The feats of the knowers of God : Manāqeb al-ʻārefīn. Translated by O'Kane, John. Leiden: Brill, 2002., pp. 22)), they finally moved to Konya in 626 AH [1227-1228 CE]. It was in this city where Maulana became an influential religious leader close to the Seljuq court and where the Sufi order based on his teachings was to be developed. He had two main wives and a number of sons and daughters. Among them is Sulṭān Valad, 1226-1312, who was the real person who began the organisation of the Mawlawīyah Sufi order and succeeded his father as leader of his followers after his death. Different works by Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī and compossed in the city of Konya have survived and arrived to our days. A collection of short ghazals and quatrains in Persian can be found in his Divān, there is also a collection of his sayings in the Fīhi mā fīh and letters written by him (Maktūbāt). However, the most famous of his work is the Mas̱navī-i maʻnavī, a didactic poetical work that became one of the key texts in Persian literature. Maulana died on the 5 Jumāda II 672 [1273 CE] in Konya.

Title

Masnavī -i Maulānā Jalā l al-Dī n Rū mī

مثنوی مولانا جلال الدين رومی

Notes

The work is a vast collection of moral precepts and religious reflexions, with comments on texts from the Qur'ān, and sayings of the Prophet, illustrated by numerous anecdotes

Main language of text

Persian

Foliation

1-227 ff.

Bibliography

Editions

Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī, Maulana. Mas̲navī-i maʻnavī. Edited by Humāʼī, Jalāl al-Dīn and Mahdī Muḥaqqiq,. Tehran: Anjuman-i Tarvīj-i Zabān va Adab-i Fārsī-yi Īrān, 1386 [2007]. (<p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;" lang="EN-US">This work consists of a facsimile edition</span></p>) (Az Mawlānā Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad Balkhī; bā ḥavāshī va taʻlīqāt va tawz̤īḥāt-i Jalāl al-Dīn Humāʼī; muqaddamah-ʼi Fārsī va Inglīsī-i Mahdī Muḥaqqiq.)

Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī, Maulana. Mas̲navī. Edited by Isti’lāmī, Muḥammad. Tehran: Kitābfurūshī-i Zavvār, 1990-1995. (Muqaddamah va taḥlīl, taṣḥīḥ-i matn bar asās-i nuskhahʹhā-yi zamān-i Mawlānā va nazdīk bih zamān-i ū, muqāyisah bā chāphā-yi maʻrūf-i Masnavī, tawzīḥāt va taʻlīqāt-i jāmiʻ va fihristʹhā az Muḥammad Istiʻlāmī.)

Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī, Maulana. The Mathnawí of Jalálu’ddín Rúmí: edited from the oldest manuscripts available, with critical notes, translation and commentary. Edited by Nicholson, Reynold Alleyne. London and Leiden: Brill, 1925-1940. (vols. 1-3 contain the Persian text, vols. 4-6 contain the English translation, vols. 7-8 contain the commentary and indices)

Translations

Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī, Maulana. The Mathnawí of Jalálu’ddín Rúmí: edited from the oldest manuscripts available, with critical notes, translation and commentary. Edited by Nicholson, Reynold Alleyne. London and Leiden: Brill, 1925-1940. (vols. 1-3 contain the Persian text, vols. 4-6 contain the English translation, vols. 7-8 contain the commentary and indices)

Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī, Maulana. Mesnevî. Edited by Gölpınarlı, Abdülbâkî. Translated by İzbudak, Veled. Ankara: Maarif Vekaleti, , [n.d.].

Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī, Maulana and Abdülbâkî Gölpınarlı. Mesnevî: tercemesi ve şerhi. Translated by Gölpınarlı, Abdülbâkî. Istanbul: İnkılâp ve Aka, 1981-1984.

Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī, Maulan. The Masnavi, Book One. Edited by Mojaddedi, Jawid. Translated by Mojaddedi, Jawid. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 2004.

Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī, Maulan. The Masnavi, Book Two. Edited by Mojaddedi, Jawid. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 2007.

Studies

Demirel, Şener. "Mevlânâ’nın Mesnevî’si ve Şerhleri." Türkiye Araştırmaları Literatür Dergisi. 5, no. 10 2007: 469-504.

Furūzānfar, Badīʻ al-Zamān. Mas̲navī-yi maʻnavī. Tehran: ʻIlmī, 1342 [1963]. (muqaddimah va sharḥ-i ḥāl az Badīʻ al-Zamān-i Furūzānfar, fihristhā va ḥavāshī az M. Darvīsh)

Gölpınarlı, Abdülbâkî. Mesnevî ve şerhi. Istanbul: Milli Eğitim Basımevi, 1973.

Gölpınarlı, Abdülbâkî. "Türkiye’de Mesnevi Üzerine Yapılan Çalışmalar." Türk-İslam Medeniyeti Akademik Araştırmalar Dergisi [Mevlânâ Özel Sayısı]. 3 2007: 241-251.

Lewis, Franklin. Rumi: past and present, east and west : the life, teaching and poetry of Jalâl al-Din Rumi. Oxford and Boston: Oneworld, 2000.

Catalogue

Rieu, Charles. Catalogue of the Persian manuscripts in the British Museum. London: The British Museum, 1879-1883, 587.

Work 2: Manāqib al-ʻārifīn (Aflākī, Shams al-Dīn Aḥmad (-1360))

LOC subject headings

Mevleviyeh

Mevleviyeh members

Islamic hagiography

Author

Aflākī, Shams al-Dīn Aḥmad (-1360)

شمس الدين أحمد الأفلاكي العارفي

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Şemseddîn Ahmed el-Eflâkî el-Ârifî

Aflākī, Shams al-Dīn Aḥmad, d. 1360 (authorised)

Ahmet Eflâki, d. 1360 (variant)

Eflâki, Ahmet, d. 1360 (variant)

Shams-uddīn Aḥmed Aflākī, d. 1360 (variant)

Shams al-Dīn Aḥmad al-Aflākī al-ʻĀrifī, d. 1360 (variant)

ʻĀrifī, Shams al-Dīn Aḥmad al-Aflākī, d. 1360 (variant)

Aflâkî, Chems-ed-dîn Aḥmed, d. 1360 (variant)

Chems-ed-dîn Aḥmed Alfâkî, d. 1360 (variant)

Aflākī ʻĀrifī, Shams al-Dīn, d. 1360 (variant)

أفلاكى، شمس الدين أحمد،, d. 1360 (variant)

Biographical notes

Nothing is known about his place or date of birth, despite some scholars have estimated that he should have been born between 1286 and 1291 [1286-1291 CE]. Apart from his first name (Aḥmad), we do not know his original family name or nisba. His surname “Aflākī” might refer to him acquiring some knowledge of astronomy (Aflāq = planets) at an early age. Although he lived in Anatolia, in his work, he provides no indications that he grew up in Konya, which suggests that that he must have spent is youth outside of Anatolia. There is a reference to his father being patronised by Uzbek Khan and then dying in the city of Sarai, capital of the Golden Horde. Despite this, no specific mention of Aflākī being there is to be found in his writings (see (Aflākī, Aḥmad. The feats of the knowers of God: Manāqeb al-ʻārefīn. Translated by O'Kane, John. Leiden: Brill, 2002., pp. ix)). He mentions that he studies with Siraj al-Din Mawlavi, ʻAbd al-Muʼmin Tūqātī and Nizam al-Dīn Arzanjā nī . Once he entered the mevlevi order, he became a disciple of Jalāl al-Din Rūmī’s grandson Aref Çelebi. The only work produced by Aflākī to our knowledge is the Manāqib al-ʻārifīn (مناقب العرفین) which was the result of a direct request made by Aref Çelebi to write a book containing the life of all the mevlevi leaders up to his time. Aflākī died on the 15th of June 1360 [1360 CE] and he was buried in Konya where his tomb can still be seen.

Title

Manāqib al-ʻārifīn

مناقب العرفین

Notes

This is the well-known Persian hagiographic work on the life of Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī, including chapters on the life of his father (Bahā ʼ al-Dī n Valad, 1150-1231), spiritual masters (Shams-i Tabrīzī, -1247) and his family (Sulṭān Valad, 1226-1312; Aref Çelebi; et al.). It also includes anecdotes (hikayat) about early saints of the Mawlawiyya Sufi order. The final version of the work is the result of a compilation of different versions of the work composed by the author in the first half of the 14th century [1300-1350 CE] and from a collection of stories and anecdotes compiled from different parts of Anatolia and Ilkhanid lands. Among the literary sources he used are the Risā lah dar manā qib-i Khudā vandgā r (رساله در مناقب خداونگار) of Farī dū n ibn Aḥ mad Sipahsā lā r and the Maqālāt-i Shams (مقالات شمس) of Shams-i Tabrīzī, -1247

The work was compose between 1318 and 1350 [1318-1350 CE].

Main language of text

Persian

Foliation

228-299 ff.

Bibliography

Editions

Aflākī, Aḥmad. The feats of the knowers of God: Manāqeb al-ʻārefīn. Translated by O'Kane, John. Leiden: Brill, 2002.

Aflākī, Aḥmad and Sir James W Redhouse. Legends of the Sufis : selected anecdotes from the work entitled The acts of the adepts (Menāqibu ʼlʻārifīn). London: Theosophical Pub. House, 1976.

Aflākī, Aḥmad. The hundred tales of wisdom: life, teachings, and miracles of Jalaludin Rumi from Aflākī's Munaqib, together with certain important stories from Rumi's works traditionally known as The hundred tales of wisdom. Translated by Shāh, Idries. London: Octagon Press, 1978.

Aflākī, Aḥmad. Manāḳib al-ʻārifīn: metin = Manāqib al-ʻārifīn. Translated by Yazıcı, Taḥsīn. Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurumu Basimevi, 1976-1980.

Studies

Lewis, Franklin. Rumi: past and present, east and west : the life, teaching and poetry of Jalâl al-Din Rumi. Oxford and Boston: Oneworld, 2000.

Yazıcı, Tahsin. "AHMED EFLÂKÎ." TDVIA. , [n.d.].

Physical Description

Columns

1

Ruled lines

31

History

Date of copy

possibly 15th. century