Ehsan YarshaterJalal al-Din Rumi (1207-73), legendary Persian Muslim poet, theologian, and mystic, wrote more than three thousand lyrics and odes. A. J. Arberry (1905-69) was professor of Arabic at Cambridge University. Ehsan Yarshater is the Hgop Kevorkian Professor Emeritus of Iranian Studies and director of the Center for Iranian Studies at Columbia University. Read More Read Less