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Mevlâna Museum

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Mevlâna Museum
Mevlâna Museum. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.

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The Mevlâna Museum (Turkish: Mevlânâ Müzesi), in Konya, Turkey, started life as the dervish lodge (Tekke) of the Mevlevi order, better known as the whirling dervishes. It houses the mausoleum of Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi (Turkish: Celaleddin-i Rumi), a Persian Sufi mystic.

Adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)。Photography via Wikimedia Commons.

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