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Ya Hazreti Mevlana

Mevlana · 1250 (date unverified)

An Ottoman-style calligraphic panel honoring Mevlana (Rumi), combining decorative script with an image of a turban, a symbol associated with him.

Described as a work of Mevlana (Rumi), though its exact content and date are uncertain.

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Framed Ottoman-style calligraphic panel on black ground with gold border. A red arched tablet bears gold Arabic script, above a large white turban resting on a pink cushioned stool. Two white pennant banners with script flank it, and gold script with a date appears below.
Ya Hazreti Mevlana, attributed work of Mevlana (Rumi), date unverified.

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What it is

This is a framed calligraphic panel described as a work of Mevlana (Rumi), though the record gives little detail about its exact content or origin. It shows an arched tablet with gold Arabic script above a turban resting on a cushioned stool, flanked by pennant banners with further script.

Why it matters

Objects like this reflect the deep reverence for Mevlana (Rumi) in Ottoman and Sufi tradition, where calligraphy, symbolic turbans, and devotional panels were used to honour revered teachers and poets. It shows how his memory was kept alive through visual and decorative culture, not only through his written poetry.

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  • What does the turban in the image usually symbolize in Sufi tradition?
  • Why might script and symbolic objects be combined on a single panel?
  • What is unclear about this artifact's origin, and why might that matter for how we use it as evidence?

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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

Secondary source

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

Primary source

Fihi Ma Fihi

Rumi · c. 1260-1273

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Secondary source

Mevlâna Museum

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

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