Molana

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Molana is an honorific name for the 13th-century Persian poet and Sufi mystic Jalal ad-Din Rumi, renowned for his spiritual poetry and influence on Islamic mysticism.

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Label Occurrences
Molana canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf honorific title
alsoKnownAs Mawlānā
surface form: Mawlana

Mawlānā
surface form: Mevlana
appliedTo Islamic scholars
Sufi poets
associatedWith Sufism
surface form: Islamic mysticism

Sufism
commonIn Persian biographical writings about Rumi
Turkish references to Rumi
Urdu references to Rumi
culturalSignificanceIn Ottoman literature
Persian literature
denotes religious scholarship
spiritual authority
etymologyFrom Arabic "mawlana"
honorificForCentury 13th century
honorificForRegion Anatolia
Khorasan
surface form: Greater Khorasan
honorificMeaning our master
honorificScope teachers of religion and spirituality
honorificUsage expresses discipleship and devotion
expresses reverence for Rumi
languageOfOrigin Persian
linkedTo Mevleviyya
surface form: Mevlevi Order

whirling dervishes
mostFamouslyTitles Rumi
surface form: Jalal ad-Din Rumi
orthographicVariant Maulana
Mawlānā
surface form: Mowlana
pronouncedIn Persian
Turkish
Urdu language
surface form: Urdu
refersTo Rumi
surface form: Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi
religiousConnotation Islamic
spiritualConnotation Sufi master
titleOf a central figure in Islamic mysticism
a major classical Persian poet
titleType Sufi honorific
religious honorific
transliterationVariantOf Mawlānā
surface form: Mawlana
usedAs epithet for Rumi in devotional literature
epithet for Rumi in modern scholarship
usedFor Rumi
surface form: Jalal ad-Din Rumi
usedIn Persian-speaking regions
South Asia
Turkey
usedInContextOf Rumi’s Sufi teachings
Rumi’s spiritual poetry

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Rumi alsoKnownAs Molana