After Rumi : the Mevlevis and their world /
"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 cen...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London, England :
Harvard University Press,
2025.
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| 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"-- |
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| Physical Description: | pages cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780674302105 (electronic bk.) 0674302109 (electronic bk.) |