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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.
TRANSLATED, AND THE POETRY VERSIFIED,
BY
JAMES W. REDHOUSE, M.R.A.S., ETC.
LONDON:
TRÜBNER & CO., LUDGATE HILL.
[1881]