The Mesnevi

Maulana Jalal al-Din Rumi

CONTENTS.

TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE. 1

SELECTED ANECDOTES

THE BOOK OF THE MESNEV?

FOOTNOTES:

Obvious typographical errors have been silently corrected. Variations in hyphenation have been standardised but all other spelling and punctuation remains unchanged.

The cover was prepared by the transcriber and is placed in the public domain.

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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,
MEVLĀNĀ SHEMSU-’D-DĪN AHMED, EL EFLĀKĪ, EL ‘ĀRIFĪ.

TRANSLATED, AND THE POETRY VERSIFIED,
BY
JAMES W. REDHOUSE, M.R.A.S., ETC.

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