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Maulana Rumi - Jubba

Ahmed Nisar

A photograph of a robe preserved at the Mevlana Museum and identified as having belonged to Rumi.

This robe, preserved at Rumi's shrine, is presented as a personal relic of his dervish life.

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A long cream-colored robe laid flat on a patterned red rug, with dark Arabic calligraphy and small grid-like script patterns across the front, sleeves, and body, with a central vertical panel.
Robe (jubba) attributed to Rumi, Mevlana Museum, Konya. Photograph by Ahmed Nisar.

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What it is

This photograph, taken by Ahmed Nisar, shows a long cream-colored robe with Arabic calligraphy and script patterns, preserved at the Mevlana Museum in Konya and identified as Rumi's jubba, or robe.

Why it matters

Relics like this robe connect students to the everyday, physical life of Rumi as a teacher within the dervish tradition, beyond his poetry and writings. Such garments were part of the dress of Sufi dervishes and are preserved as objects of devotion and memory at the museum built around his tomb.

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  • What can an object like a robe tell us about a person that their writing cannot?
  • Why might a museum choose to display and preserve clothing like this alongside manuscripts?
  • What questions would you want to ask about how this robe was identified as belonging to Rumi?

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Open illuminated manuscript spread showing two pages with gold and blue decorative borders, floral illumination, and panels of gold-tinted Persian script in the center. Ornamental marginal dots and a faded title line appear at the top right.Book

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Masnavi

Rumi · c. 1258-1273

Illuminated manuscript page with Persian calligraphy at top and bottom and a painted scene of seated and standing men in a landscape with trees, flowers and a grassy slope. A bearded man in a black robe and white turban sits facing a young man in an orange robe and ornate hat, while a shirtless man sits nearby and attendants and onlookers stand or sit around them.Book

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Diwan-e Shams-e Tabrizi

Rumi · c. 1247 onward

Exterior view of the Mevlana Mausoleum in Konya: a stone building with a tall turquoise conical-roofed dome, a second grey dome, two slender minarets, and a stone wall with trees and flowering shrubs in front on a sunny day under blue sky.Artifact

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Grave of Rumi

soon after 1273

Page of an Arabic-script manuscript with dense handwritten text in black ink, with several passages and marginal notes highlighted or underlined in red. The aged paper is cream-colored with a dark border, and some text runs along the margins.Book

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Fihi Ma Fihi

Rumi · c. 1260-1273

Exterior of the Mevlana Museum in Konya, Turkey: a stone complex with a tall turquoise conical-roofed dome, a white minaret with a pointed cap, grey domes, and a low wall in a grassy park under a blue sky.Artifact

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Mevlâna Museum

Badr al-Din Tabrizi (architect) · built soon after 1273; museum since 1926

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