biography

Persians and Afghans call Rumi “Jelal'uddin Balkhi.” In Turkey, he is known as 'Mevlana.' He was born September 30, 1207, in Balkh, Afghanistan, which was then part of the Persian Empire. The name Rumi means “from Roman Anatolia.” He was not known by that name, of course, until after his family, fleeing the threat of [...]