jan 1, 1207 - Jalal Ad-din - Muhammad Rumi

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Jalāl ad-Dīn Muhammad Rūmī (Persian: جلال‌الدین محمد رومی‎), also known as Jalāl ad-Dīn Muhammad Balkhī (جلال‌الدین محمد بلخى), Mevlânâ/Mawlānā (مولانا, "our master"), Mevlevî/Mawlawī (مولوی, "my master"), and more popularly simply as Rumi (30 September 1207 – 17 December 1273), was a 13th-century Persian[9][1][10] poet, faqih, Islamic scholar, theologian, and Sufi mystic originally from Greater Khorasan in Greater Iran.[10][11] Rumi's influence transcends national borders and ethnic divisions: Iranians, Tajiks, Turks, Greeks, Pashtuns, other Central Asian Muslims, and the Muslims of the Indian subcontinent have greatly appreciated his spiritual legacy for the past seven centuries.[12] His poems have been widely translated into many of the world's languages and transposed into various formats. Rumi has been described as the "most popular poet"[13] and the "best selling poet" in the United States.[14][15]

Rumi's works are written mostly in Persian, but occasionally he also used Turkish,[16] Arabic,[17] and Greek[18][19][20] in his verse. His Masnavi (Mathnawi), composed in Konya, is considered one of the greatest poems of the Persian language.[21][22] His works are widely read today in their original language across Greater Iran and the Persian-speaking world.[23][24] Translations of his works are very popular, most notably in Turkey, Azerbaijan, the United States, and South Asia.[25] His poetry has influenced not only Persian literature, but also the literary traditions of the Ottoman Turkish, Chagatai, Urdu and Pashto languages.

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