Who is Rumi?
Where was Rumi born?
Afghanistan
Who did Rumi meet that changed his works?
Shams al din
Which ideas this rumi's works revolve around?
Definition of love/the concept of god
Who wrote the Shahnahmeh?
Firdusi
Who was the father in the story?
What was the name of Rumi's final masterpiece?
The Masnavi
What did Rumi write about before meeting the sun of religion?
Intellectual pursuits
Which genres were Rumi's works categorized under?
Spirituality/Mysticism
How many years did it take to write?
20-30 years
Who was the son in the story?
Sohrab
Shams al-Dīn had a profound impact on Rumi's _____.
Poetry
What were Rumi's first works about?
Stages of platonic love that he experienced with Shams al din
In what form were Rumi's works expressed through?
Music/Dance/Visual Arts
Persian history, civilization, coquests, people, traditions, etc.
What did the Rostam and Sohrab characters find out in the end of the story?
They were father-and-son
State two of the jobs that Rumi was.
Poet, Scholar, Theologian, Sufi mystic
What were the two types of poetry that Rumi wrote about?
Ecstatic love poems and Spiritual wisdom poems
Who brought Rumi's works to the Western World?
Reynold Alleyne Nicholson
Why was Firdusi upset with the Muslim sultan?
The Muslim sultan gave Firdusi an underwhelming amount of reward for his work.
Who in the Kite Runner liked the story of Rostam and Sohrab?
Hassan
About how many lines of verse were in the Masnavi?
64 thousand
Where was Rumi's works influential?
Muslim world, and later the Western world
Who made the slide about how Rumi's works influenced the world?
sherlynn
The Shahnameh is a National _____ epic.
Iranian
Why did Sohrab kill his father even if though they related?