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Rumi

[ Persian roo-mee ]

noun

  1. Ja·lal ud-din [jah-, lahl, ood-, deen, oo, d-, ja-]. Jalal ud-din Rumi.


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The other night, quite by chance, I came across some lines in Rumi, the 13th-century poet—a Sufi mystic from Persia.

Stewart quotes the Persian poet Rumi who was born in contemporary Afghanistan.

Rumi Khan was present, but made no answer, till the king looking angrily at him, he said his silence proceeded from contempt.

Rumi Khan used every effort, backed by his numerous army, to drive the Portuguese from his entrenchments, but unsuccessfully.

“Caballer el rumi” has a pleasant sound, even when uttered by a man who, in his heart, thinks you a Christian dog.

She sang by heart the little story drawn from the writing of Jalalu'd dinu'r Rumi.

He threw out patrols which were unable to contact any Rumi on the Dust Bin side of the river.

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