THE MESNEVÄȘ
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JAMES W. REDHOUSE, M.R.A.S., ETC.
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âTHE MESNEVÄȘ.â JAMES W. REDHOUSE, M.R.A.S., ETC. Internet Sacred Text Archive. Read via Sacred Texts Reader. https://sacred-texts.xyz/browse/isl/mes/mes00.htm

The Mesnavi and The Acts of the Adepts, by Jelal-'d-din Rumi and Shemsu-'d-Din Ahmed, tr. by James W. Redhouse, [1881], at sacred-texts.com
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TRĂBNER'S
ORIENTAL SERIES.
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EDINBURGH: PRINTED BY
BALLANTYNE, HANSON AND CO., PAUL'S WORK
AND CHANDOS STREET, LONDON
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(USUALLY KNOWN AS THE MESNEVÄȘYI SHERÄȘF, OR HOLY MESNEVÄȘ)
OF
MEVLÄNÄ (OUR LORD) JELÄLU-âD-DÄȘN, MUHAMMED, ER-RĆȘMÄȘ.
BOOK THE FIRST.
TOGETHER WITH SOME ACCOUNT OF THE LIFE AND ACTS
OF THE AUTHOR, OF HIS ANCESTORS, AND
OF HIS DESCENDANTS;
Illustrated by a Selection of Characteristic Anecdotes,
AS COLLECTED BY THEIR HISTORIAN,
MEVLÄNÄ SHEMSU-âD-DÄȘN AHMED, EL EFLÄKÄȘ, EL âÄRIFÄȘ.
TRANSLATED, AND THE POETRY VERSIFIED,
BY
LONDON:
TRĂBNER & CO., LUDGATE HILL.
[1881]
Scanned, proofed and formatted at sacred-texts.com, November 2007, by John Bruno Hare. This text is in the public domain in the US because it was published prior to 1923.

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"MATHNAOUI ou Methnevi (in Persian and Turkish: MesnevÄ«). Câest le nom dâun des plus fameux Livres de lâOrient, composĂ© en vers Persiens sur un grand nombre de diffĂ©rentes matiĂšres de Religion, dâHistoire, do Morale, et de Politique.
"Il a Ă©tĂ© composĂ© par Gelaleddin Mohammed, fils de Mohammed, Al Balkhi, Al Konoui, environ lâan 600 de lâHegire.
"Les surnoms de Balkhi et de Konoui sont donnĂ©s Ă cet Auteur, parcequâil Ă©tait natif de la ville de Balkh en Khorassan, et quâil vint sâĂ©tablir ensuite dans celle de Cogni en Natolie.
"Ce fut dans cette mĂȘme ville quâil institua un ordre de Derviches plus spirituels que les autres, lesquels on appelle ordinairement Mevlevis, qui font leur Capital de lâouvrage de leur Maistre, auquel ils ne portent guĂšres moins de respect quâ Ă lâAlcoran. Câest pourquoi on donne aussi souvent au Mathnaoui le surnom de Mevlevi.
"Il y a un grand nombre de Commentaires Persiens et Turcs sur ce Livre, dont la poĂ©sie est estimĂ©e si excellente, que tous ses vers en sont citĂ©s, comme autant de sentences."âDâHerbelot, BibliothĂšque Orientale.
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