The Mathnawí of Jaláluʾddín Rúmí - Volume 6, English Text

Mawlana Jalal al-Din Rumi's great poem, the Mathnawi is one of the best known and most influential works of Muslim mysticism. Nicholson's critical edition is based on the oldest known manuscripts, including the earliest, dated 1278 and preserved in the Mevlana Museum at Konya.

About the author

Reynold Alleyne Nicholson (1868-1945) was one of the foremost European scholars of Islamic mysticism. His pioneering translations and editions of major Sufi texts--including Dīvāni Shamsi Tabrīz (1898), The Mystics of Islam (1914), and the monumental eight-volume edition and translation of Rumi's Mathnawí (1925-1940)--remain foundational works in the field. He also authored the influential Literary History of the Arabs (1907) and several studies on Islamic poetry and personality in Sufism. Nicholson's literary sensitivity and rigorous scholarship transformed Western understanding of Sufi thought and literature.

Summary

Mawlana Jalal al-Din Rumi's great poem, the Mathnawi is one of the best known and most influential works of Muslim mysticism. Nicholson's critical edition is based on the oldest known manuscripts, including the earliest, dated 1278 and preserved in the Mevlana Museum at Konya.

Product details

• Authors: Reynold A Nicholson, Reynold A. Nicholson, Jalalu'ddin Rumi, Reynold A Nicholson, Reynold A. Nicholson, Jalalu'ddin Rumi, Jelaluddin Rumi
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.07.2013
• EAN: 9780906094105
• ISBN: 978-0-906094-10-5
• No. of pages: 529
• Dimensions: 146 mm x 223 mm x 38 mm
• Weight: 758 g
• Series: Gibb Memorial Trust Persian Studies; Gibb Memorial Trust Persian Studies; Gibb Memorial Trust Persian St; Gibb Memorial Trust
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama > Poetry; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous