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Virtually all of the Mathnavi was dictated to his disciple Husam al-Din in the fifteen years before Rumi's death. In addition to the Mathnavi, which consists of six books or nearly 25,000 rhyming couplets, he composed some 2500 mystical odes and 1600 quatrains. Over the next twenty-five years, Rumi's literary output was truly phenomenal. Rumi's tomb in Konya is home to many lovers of poetry and mysticism from all over the world.
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Rumi was born in Balkh in 1207 and died in Konya, Turkey, in 1273 and his tomb (Shrine of Rumi) is located in Konya. His "Masnavi Manavi Maulana Jalaluddin Rumi" is one of the finest poetry in the Persian language. Rumi wrote most of his works in Persian but also used Turkish and Arabic in his poems. Rumi is known as the "most popular" and "best-selling" poet in the United States. His poetry has been widely translated into many languages of the world. Rumi's influence extends beyond national borders and ethnic divide, Iranians, Tajiks, Turks, Greeks, Pashtuns, other Central Asian Muslims, and Southeast Asian Muslims have been heavily influenced by the Persian poet's spiritual heritage over the past seven centuries. Jalaluddin Mohammad Balkhi known as Movlana is one of the most famous Persian poets of Iran whose lovers read his poetry with enthusiasm and spiritual affinity.