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What is the importance of Rumi (Mowlana) in Persian literature and his achievement and his personal strengths?

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Posted by sfstudent on September 5, 2010 at 10:08 PM and tagged with history, mowlana, persian poet, rumi

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Rumi (Jabal ad-Din Muhammad Balkhi) is also know popularly as Mowlana. He was a Persian poet, theologian and mystic whose name, Rumi, means "The Roman." He was born on September 30, 1207 in the...

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Posted by bullgatortail on September 6, 2010 at 2:33 AM

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