THE MESNEVĪ (USUALLY KNOWN AS THE MESNEVĪYI SHERĪF, OR HOLY MESNEVĪ) OF MEVLĀNĀ (OUR LORD) JELĀLU-’D-DĪN, MUHAMMED, ER-RŪMĪ.
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Jalal al-Din Rumi, Maulana and Redhouse, James W. (James William), Sir
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.
LONDON: TRÜBNER & CO., LUDGATE HILL. 1881. [All rights reserved.]