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800th Anniversary of the Birth of Molana Jalal-ud-Din Balkhi-Rumi

A day of commemoration is organized at UNESCO on 6 September 2007 to celebrate the 800th anniversary of the birth of Mawlana Jalal-ud-Din Rumi, one of the greatest poets, philosophers and scholars of the Islamic civilization.The prominent Persian language poet, thinker and spiritual master, born in 1207 in Balkh & died in 1273 in Konya Turkey.

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