Title: Anthology of Rumi’s Poetry

Description

• Divan-i Mawlavī Rumi (Anthology of Rumi’s poetry) is a collection by the great Persian poet, Jalāl ad-Dīn Muḥammad Rūmī, popularly known in Persian as Mawlānā and in English as Rumi (1207–73). The collection includes poems on Sufism, supplications, and philosophy. The manuscript does not have a title page. Every poem is individual and self-contained, and the name of the poet appears at the end of most of the poems. Nothing is known of the copyist, although it is thought that this volume is 19th century.

Author

• Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī, Maulana, 1207-1273

Language

• Persian

Place

• Central and South Asia

Time

• 500 CE - 1499 CE

Topic

• Religion > Philosophy & theory of religion
• Literature > Other literatures > East Indo-European & Celtic literatures

Additional Subjects

• Persian poetry;
• Poetry;
• Prayer;
• Sufi poetry;
• Sufism

Type of Item

• Manuscripts

Physical Description

• 140 leaves, 276 pages ;16 ×12 centimeters

Institution

• Allama Iqbal Library, University of Kashmir