Encyclopædia Britannica, Ninth Edition/Mohammed er-Rúmí Jelál-ed Dín

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JELÁL-ED DÍN, Mohammed er-Rúmí (born at Balkh c. 1200 a.d., died at Iconium, 1273, as head of a college for mystic theology), one of the greatest poets and thinkers of Persia. See Persia.