WISDOM HAS BEEN PRESENT UPON EARTH THROUGHOUT HISTORY BY THE GRACE OF GOD. MANY ENLIGHTENED MASTERS DEDICATED TO KNOWING KNOWLEDGE OF THE DIVINE SELF SHARED THIS GIFT OF TRUTH WITH ALL THEY KNEW. WE ARE FORTUNATE TO LIVE IN AN AGE WHERE WE CAN REAP THE BENEFITS OF THEIR DIVINE KNOWLEDGE AND INSPIRATION AND SHARE IT WITH OTHERS. – Anna M Smith
Jalāl ad-Dīn Muhammad Rūmī (Persian: جلالالدین محمد رومی), also known as Jalāl ad-Dīn Muhammad Balkhī(جلالالدین محمد بلخى), Mevlânâ/Mawlānā (مولانا, “our master”), Mevlevî/Mawlawī (مولوی, “my master”), and more popularly simply as Rumi (30 September 1207 – 17 December 1273), was a 13th-century Persian[9][1][10] poet, faqih, Islamic scholar, theologian, and Sufi mystic originally from Greater Khorasan.[10][11]
Rumi’s influence transcends national borders and ethnic divisions: Iranians, Tajiks, Turks, Greeks, Pashtuns, other Central Asian Muslims, and the Muslims of South Asia have greatly appreciated his spiritual legacy for the past seven centuries.[12] His poems have been widely translated into many of the world’s languages and transposed into various formats. Rumi has been described as the “most popular poet”[13] and the “best selling poet” in the United States.[14][15] 
The most important influences upon Rumi, besides his father, were the Persian poets Attar and Sanai.[32] Rumi expresses his appreciation: “Attar was the spirit, Sanai his eyes twain, And in time thereafter, Came we in their train”[33] and mentions in another poem: “Attar has traversed the seven cities of Love, We are still at the turn of one street”.[34] His father was also connected to the spiritual lineage of Najm al-Din Kubra.[12]
Rumi lived most of his life under the Persianate[35][36][37] Seljuk Sultanate of Rum, where he produced his works[38] and died in 1273 AD. He was buried in Konya, and his shrine became a place of pilgrimage.[39] Upon his death, his followers and his son Sultan Walad founded the Mevlevi Order, also known as the Order of the Whirling Dervishes, famous for the Sufi dance known as the Sama ceremony. He was laid to rest beside his father, and over his remains a shrine was erected. – WIKIPEDIA
