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After Rumi : the Mevlevis and their world / Jamal J. Elias.
Van Pelt Library BP189.7.M42 E55 2025
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Elias, Jamal J., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mevleviyeh--Biography.
- Mevleviyeh.
- Mevleviyeh members--Biography.
- Mevleviyeh members.
- Sufis--Biography.
- Sufis.
- Poets, Persian--Biography.
- Poets, Persian.
- Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī, Maulana, 1207-1273.
- Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 276 pages : 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London, England : Harvard University Press, 2025.
- Summary:
- "Poet and theologian Rumi is a revered figure in world history. Jamal J. Elias tells the story of the Mevlevis (in European parlance, the "Whirling Dervishes"), the Sufi community that Rumi founded. During a period of political, linguistic, and literary change, from the thirteenth century to the height of the Ottoman Empire, the Mevlevis emerged as an important religious community"-- Provided by publisher.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780674296145
- 0674296141
- OCLC:
- 1511564292
- Publisher Number:
- 90102825556
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