Order a new translation into English drectly from Persian of the entire Divan-i Kabir, by Jeffrey R. Osborne, self-published in 10 volumes so far: Volume I and II (The Quatrains), 2017; Volume III (The First Meter), 2018; Volume IV (The Second Meter), 2018; Volume V (The Third Meter), 2018; Volume VI (The Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Meters), 2018; Volume VII (The Seventh Meter), 2018; Volume VIII (The Eighth Meter), 2018; Volume IX (The Ninth Meter), 2018; Volume X (The Tenth Meter), 2018;
Other Rumi Sites
The "Mawlana Rumi Review," a publication of the Rumi Institute (Cyprus) and the Rumi Studies Group (UK), an annual journal (the first issue was published in 5/10), with articles, reports, and book reviews in English by leading Rumi scholars. This is the first academic journal devoted to the works of Mawlana Rumi.
Review, in Persian, of the first issue (2010) of the "Mawlana Rumi Review"
Online copy of A.J. Arberry's "Mystical Poems of Rumi" (400 translations of ghazals), combining both books, with typoggraphical errors (mainly in the second volume) corrected by Franklin Lewis
Mevlana Studies website: "This site is intended for English-speaking Muslims eager to understand the works of Mevlânâ Jalâl ad-Dîn Rûmî within the Islamic tradition".
Persian text of Mawlana Rumi's Discourses [Fîhi Mâ Fîhi], edited by A. Golpinarli
Revision (1999) by Doug Marman of Arberry's translation of "Rumi's Discourses" (not strongly recommended, per numerous omissions and alterations).
Revision (2010) by Doug Marman of Arberry's translation of "Rumi's Discourses" (an improvement of the 1999 version, compared with the Persian text to improve acuracy).
A translation of Rumi's Discourse no. 2 by a native Persian speaker who is a professional translator.
Turkish website's scans (Marman's revision of Arberry's trans. of "Discourses of Rumi" [Fîhi Mâ Fîhi] and Nevit Ergin's translations of ghazals from Divan-i Kebir [based on Golpinarli's Turkish trans.])
Sixty three of Arberry's (1949) rhymed translations of Rumi's quatrains (with transliterations and key word translations by Eliza Tashibi)
Translations of some of Rumi's quatrains (from Dîvân-e Kabîr) by Zara Houshmand (self-taught in Persian)
Rhymed translations from Rumi's Divan by Shahriar Shahriari (with Persian text)
"Fundamentals of Rumi's Thought: A Mevlevi Sufi Perspective" online version (excerpts, 318 pages, from the Turkish book, "Mevlâna: hayati, shahsiyeti, fikirleri" of 566 pages by Shefik Can, venerable Mevlevi shaykh, Rumi scholar and translator, and Masnavi teacher, who died in 2005)
Dr. Abdolkarim Soroush's lectures in English, at Harvard University
Society for Understanding Mevlana (website of Nevit Ergin, who has translated the entire Divan into English from a Turkish translation; 22 volumes have been published, with the last volumes [about three] still unpublished)
Order the complete and authentic (10-volume) Persian edition of the Divan by Badi`ozzaman Foruzanfar, "Kolliyat-e Shams ya Divan-e Kabir," with text-search capacity, via Google EBooks
Online Persian text of the entire Divan-e Kabir, based on the first seven volumes of Foruzanfar's edition, based on the oldest manuscripts (Unfortunately, the Ruba`iyyat are not based on his authentic eighth volume but on the inferior Isfahan edition of the quatrains added to a one-volume or two-volume edition of Foruzanfar's edition).
Iranian "Jalal al-Din Rumi" website with an English page (with some audio tracks of poems translatedinto English) and a Persian page (with numerous audio tracks in Persian); also a downloadable Persian font is available if needed (http://www.farhangsara.com/font.htm)
Encyclopedia Britannica article on Rumi
Wikipedia article on Rumi
The roots of Rumi and the Mathnawi in Islam
Paintings inspired by Rumi translations by Dr. Rasoul Sorkhabi
A well-researched treatise in English about the Persian/Iranian backgrounds of Mawlana Rumi and Shams-i Tabrizi and a refutation of claims that they were Turkish, by Rahgozari Minutalab
New Yorker article (1/17): "The Erasure of Islam From the Poetry of Rumi"
Mevlânâ Arashtirmalari Derneghi (Turkish academic website about Mevlana Rumi's works, with some articles in English)
Selçuk University of Rumi Studies (Konya,Turkey)
"Rumi and His Message of Love," lectures (in Turkish, translated into English) at Yale, Columbia and Harvard universities, 2/13-3/13, by Shaykh Tughrul Inancer Efendi
Translation into German of "The Quatrains of Rumi" (translated by Gamard and Farhadi)
Rumi List Serves and Newsgroups
"Sunlight" (subscribe to receive daily Rumi poems; of special value are postings of comparisons of "poetic versions" with more accurate translations of the same poems)
"Ruminations" (a Rumi discussion group)
Other Things to Order
Order "The Quatrains of Rumi," translated by Ibrahim Gamard (Dar-al-Masnavi.org webmaster) and Ravan Farhadi (Afghan scholar), published 5/09
Order "Rumi and Islam," translated (mostly from the Masnavi) by Ibrahim Gamard (Dar-al-Masnavi.org webmaster), published 3/04
Order the new edition of Arberry's translations of 400 ghazals from Divan-e Kabir, "Mystical Poems of Rumi" and "Mystical Poems of Rumi: Second Selection" combined in one volume, with corrected text
Order Forûzânfar's complete edition of the Persian text of Dîvân-e Kabîr (or "Dîvân-e Shams-e Tabrîzî"), with searchable text, with 425 ghazals narrated by A. Soroosh linked to each verse
Order a facsimile of the beautiful manuscript of Divan-i Kebir (1368, two volumes) that is on display at the Mevlana Mausoleum in Konya Turkey
Order a highly recommended and encyclopedic book about Rumi, by Franklin Lewis, "Rumi: Past and Present, East and West," 2003, 2007
Download a searchable PDF of Lewis' book, "Rumi: Past and Present, East and West," 2000, 2001, 2003
Order a complete translation of stories about Rumi (by Aflaki, a disciple of his grandson)
Order accurately translated excerpts from the "Discourses of Shams-e Tabrizi" done (2004) by Prof. William Chittick)
Order "Fundamentals of Rumi's Thought: A Mevlevi Sufi Perspective" (excerpts, 318 pages, from the Turkish book, "Mevlâna: hayati, shahsiyeti, fikirleri" of 566 pages by Shefik Can, venerable Mevlevi shaykh, Rumi scholar and translator, and Masnavi teacher, who died in 2005)
Order "Clarifications: Mystical Poetry of Rumi," Translated From the Persian by Robert Darr, 2002, 59 pages, Real Impressions, P.O. Box 714 Sausalito, CA 94966 (translated selections using Nicholson's text of the Masnavi)
Order a book of Rumi's stories and Praises about the Prophet Muhammad (published 3/04)
Order a book in English that introduces the Mevlevi way for beginners, written by a Mevlevi shaykh who lives in Istanbul: "Mevlana Jelaluddin Rumi and Sufism: A Dervish's Logbook," by Mim Kemal Öke (published in Konya, Turkey, 9/17)
Order a book about the popularization of Rumi in the U.S.: "Rumi Comes to America: How the Poet of Mystical Love Arrived on Our Shores," by Bruce Miller (published 11/17)
Book review by Iljas Baker of 'Rumi Comes to America: How the Poet of Mystical Love Came to Our Shores" by Bruce Miller
Mevlevi Organizations
The Chelebi family website
The website of the International Mevlânâ Foundation, Istanbul, Turkey (Faruk Hemdem Çelebi, Chairman)
The Istanbul Mevlana Educational and Cultural Association (Mevlâna EGitim ve Kültür DerneGi) (KadIköy, Turkey), led by Shaykh Ahmet Kadri Yetish (followers of the current Chelebi Efendi, Mevlana's descendent)
Internationale Mevlana Stiftung Schweiz (Switzerland), led by Shaykh Hüseyin Peter Cunz (followers of the current Chelebi Efendi, Mevlana's descendent)
Internationale Hz. Mevlânâ Stiftung Mevlana e.V. Nürnberg (Germany), led by Shaykh Süleyman Bahn (followers of the current Chelebi Efendi, Mevlana's descendent)
The Mevlevi Order of Australia (Melbourne), led by Shaykh Abdul Aziz Dart since 1986 (now followers of the current Chelebi Efendi, Mevlana's descendent)
"YüzyIllar Boyu Mevlâna ve Mevlevîlik, Mevlana and Mevlevi Order Throughout Centuries" (published in Turkey, 2008, 436 pages, by the International Mevlana Foundation, Istanbul, and the Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism; edited by Esin Çelebi Bayru and Bekir Reha Saghbash. In Turkish and (complete) English translation, with articles on Mevlana and the Mevlevi Order, Mevlevi Music, the Mevlevi Oder and its Social History, the International Mevlana Foundation Services Program, and Appendices (including Mevlevi Terms)
Some Websites of Independent Groups
In Latvia (Riga). (Formerly affiliated with the late Ali Baba of Konya)
Turkish Whirling Dervish Sema Group Websites
The Galata Mevlevi Music Ensemble of the Turkish Cultural Music Association (Türk Küktürü Müsikisi DerneGi, Galata Mevlevi Müsikisi ve Sema TopluluGu, Istanbul), led by Shaykh Nail Kesova (founded, 1978)--there is no Turkish website, but there is a webpage about the Galata Mevlevi Ensemble (in English) on a German international music website
The Galata Mevlevi Sema and Sufi Music Group of the Istanbul Mevlana Educational and Cultural Association (Mevlâna EGitim ve Kültür DerneGi, Galata Mevlevi Sema ve Tasavvuf Müzik TopluluGu), led by Shaykh Ahmet Kadri Yetish (formerly co-led by Shaykh Hüseyin Top, now retired) (founded, 1999)
The Istanbul Music and Sema Group (Istanbul Müzik ve Sema TopluluGu), Istanbul & Konya, led by Shaykh NadIr KarnIbüyükler (founded, 1998), the Sema group is in Konya
Video of Shaykh NadIr and his whirling dervish group in Konya
The Istanbul Historical Turkish Musical Group (Istanbul Tarihi Türk Müsikisi TopluluGu) of the Turkish Republic's Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Republic of Turkey, led by Shaykh Ömer TuGrul Inançer (founded, 1992)
The Konya Turkish Sufi Music Group (Konya Türk Tasavvuf MüziGi Toplulugu of the Turkish Republic's Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Konya, Turkey (founded, 1990)
Turkish website of a Mevlevi dervish, whirler (semazen), and reed-flute player (neyzen), Istanbul
Turkish Mevlevi Heritage Websites
A comprehensive website containing numerous texts, recordings, and videos of Mevlevi Sema musical compositions and ceremonies (by the owner of semazen.net)
Website of a cultural society in Eskishehir, where an historic Mevlevi center [tekke] has been preserved
Some International Rumi Sites
Afghan webpage
Swedish website
Order a book of selections from Masnavi and Divan-e Kabir in Swedish
Russian website
Polish Rumi website
Japanese Masnavi webpages (font needed for the Japanese characters)
Selections of Rumi's quatrains translated into Spanish by Clara Janés and Ahmad Taherí
"The Saints of the Whirling Dervishes", French translation (by Huart, 1922) from Persian of Aflaki's hagiography (Manaqib al-'Arifin)
Volume 2 of "The Saints of the Whirling Dervishes", French translation (by Huart, 1922) from Persian of Aflaki's hagiography (Manaqib al-'Arifin)
Photographs of Konya, Türkiye
360 degree views of Mevlana Rumi's mausoleum in Konya
Photos of Konya, whirling dervishes, and Mevlevi-related art
Sacred Sites webpage about Konya
Some Reed Flute (Ney) Makers in Istanbul, Türkiye
hanefikirgiz@e-kolay.net (Hanefi KIrgIz's email address)
Rifat Varol's website
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