RUMI

Mawlānā Jalāl-ad-Dīn Muhammad Rūmī(Persian: مولانا جلال الدین محمد رومی), but known to the English-speaking world simply as Rumi was born in Balkh in present day Afghanistan in 1207. He took his first education from his father, Baha' ud-Din Walad, who was known as “Sultan of the Scholar”. In 1212 he and his family left Balkh and they came to Konya. He was taught by Seyyid Burhaneddin for nine years. Baha' ud-Din became the head of a madrassa (religious school) and when he died Rumi inherited his position and succeeded him at the age of twenty-five. He was affected so much as by his best friend Shams-e Tabrizi.
Rumi`s teachings are called “Mevlevi” and his students are called “Mevlevi Dervishes”. The Mevlevi Dervish created the “sema” their "turning", sacred dance.His birthplace and native language shows a Persian heritage. His poetry is in Persian and his works are widely read in Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and in translation especially in Turkey, Azerbaijan, the US, and South Asia.
His works are:
1-Mesnevi
2-Divan-I Kebir
His poems have been widely translated into many of the world's languages in various formats, and BBC News has described him as the "most popular poet in America"
2007 is the “Year of the Rumi” in Turkey.
METIN & MUSTAFA