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Rumi — Encyclopaedia Britannica

Britannica biography of Rumi by Annemarie Schimmel; it gives his birth about 30 September 1207 at Balkh, the family's departure about 1218, the arrival at Konya in 1228, his father Baha al-Din Walad's death in 1231, the meeting with Shams al-Din of Tabriz on 30 November 1244, Shams's final disappearance in 1247, and Rumi's death at Konya on 17 December 1273.

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islam.museum contributors. “Rumi — Encyclopaedia Britannica”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/source/britannica-rumi/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-01.

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