biography
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Jalal ad-Din ar-Rumi
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pronunciation:
[jalal adin aroome
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| male
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| lived:
| (1207–73)
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| biography:
| Persian lyric poet and mystic, born in Balkh, modern Afghanistan. He settled at Iconium (Konya) in 1226 and founded a sect who, after his death, were known in the West as the Whirling Dervishes. He wrote a great deal of lyrical poetry, including a long epic on Sufi mystical doctrine. |
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