Transcriber’s Notes
Obvious typographical errors have been silently corrected. Variations in hyphenation have been standardised but all other spelling and punctuation remains unchanged.
The cover was prepared by the transcriber and is placed in the public domain.
TRÜBNER’S
ORIENTAL SERIES.
EDINBURGH: PRINTED BY
BALLANTYNE, HANSON AND CO., PAUL’S WORK
AND CHANDOS STREET, LONDON
THE MESNEVĪ
(USUALLY KNOWN AS THE MESNEVĪYI SHERĪF, OR HOLY MESNEVĪ)
OF
MEVLĀNĀ (OUR LORD) JELĀLU-’D-DĪN, MUHAMMED, ER-RŪMĪ.
BOOK THE FIRST.
TOGETHER WITH SOME ACCOUNT OF THE LIFE AND ACTS
OF THE AUTHOR, OF HIS ANCESTORS, AND
OF HIS DESCENDANTS;
Illustrated by a Selection of Characteristic Anecdotes,
AS COLLECTED BY THEIR HISTORIAN,
MEVLĀNĀ SHEMSU-’D-DĪN AHMED, EL EFLĀKĪ, EL ‘ĀRIFĪ.