| Dessription |
Rumi's full name was originally Jalaluddin Muhammad Balkhi. He is popularly known as "Rumi" – a name which comes from Arabic and literally means "Roman." He acquired this name because he spent much of his life in the Seljuk Sultanate of Rum in Anatolia, which had previously conquered the area from the Eastern Roman, or Byzantine, Empire. He is also known as Mawlana in Iran and Turkey, which is a term of Arabic origin meaning "our master." Another word of Arabic origin, Mevlevi – meaning "my master" – is also often used to refer to him. |
