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Jalal al-Din Rumi, Maulana and Redhouse, James W. (James William), Sir
When Husāmu-’d-Dīn had faithfully executed for ten years, as a just and wise steward, all his duties as successor to Jelālu-’d-Dīn, he one day went, with his companions and disciples, to visit the shrine of his predecessor.
As he drew near to the mausoleum, information was brought to him that the gilt crescent surmounting the cupola had fallen down.
On the moment, Husām felt himself to be stricken. He asked for an examination of dates to be made, and found that ten years previously Jelāl had departed this life. He therefore said to those around him: “Lead me back home. The time for my dissolution is at hand.”
He was conducted to his chamber, where, a few days later, on Thursday, the twenty-second of Sha’bān, in the year A.H. 683 (4th November, A.D. 1284), he breathed his last exactly at the time when the gilt crescent was replaced over Jelāl’s tomb, and the works brought to a close.