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Mansoureh Rajabitanha, University of Adelaide, and Russell Kelty, Curator, Asian Art, as they discuss the poetry of the thirteenth century Sufi mystic, Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad Rūmī or Rumi (1207-1273), and his pervasive influence on historical and contemporary culture in Iran and across the world.

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Image: India, 'Mathnavi' of Jalal al-Din Muhammad Rumi, 13 April 1641, Shahjahanabad (Delhi), India, ink, opaque watercolour and gold on polished paper, leather, 474 folio bound volume, 24.8 x 16.8 cm (volume, closed); M J M Carter AO Collection through the Art Gallery of South Australia Foundation 2013, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide.