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Work #1138 · Mature

Maktūbāt (Letters)

Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad Rūmī
mid-13th century · Persian (with Arabic phrases)
Letters · Sufi mysticism / Mevlevi order

Rumi's 13th-c. 147 letters — pastoral and political correspondence of the Mevlevi master

Attribute Fingerprint

Rows where works disagree are highlighted in gold. The full ontology grid is shown.

Attribute Maktūbāt (Letters) (Mature)
Time · Extent Finite
Time · Ontological Status Substantival
Time · Grain Continuous
Time · Freedom Non-Deterministic
Time · Traversability Linear
Time · Dimensionality One
Time · Direction Uni-directional
Space · Extent Finite
Space · Ontological Status Substantival
Space · Curvature Flat
Space · Dimensionality Three
Space · Locality Local
Matter · Extent Infinite
Matter · Ontological Status Substantival
Matter · Conservation Conserved
Matter · Dimensionality Three
Matter · Locality Local
Observer · Time Instance Single
Observer · Space Instance Single
Observer · Knowledge Extent Partial
Observer · Knowledge Retainment Total
Observer · Physicality Embodied
Observer · Agency Active
Observer · Number Plural
Observer · Metaphysical Agency Personal
Observer · Moral Authority Experience
Observer · Theological Method
Energy · Extent Infinite
Energy · Ontological Status Substantival
Energy · Conservation Conserved
Energy · Dispersibility Irreversible
Information · Ontological Status Substantival
Information · Cosmic Conservation Conserved
Information · Personal Conservation Conserved
Information · Granularity Discrete

Dimension-by-Dimension Evidence

What each work's passages reveal about its stance on each of the six dimensions.

Time

Maktūbāt (Letters)

The mid-13th-c. Mongol-period Anatolian moment.

Space

Maktūbāt (Letters)

Konya and the Seljuk-Anatolian political world.

Matter

Maktūbāt (Letters)

The embodied addressees — disciples, family, officials — of the correspondence.

Observer

Maktūbāt (Letters)

Rumi as pastoral-political correspondent.

Energy

Maktūbāt (Letters)

The pastoral-political energies of Rumi's public work.

Information

Maktūbāt (Letters)

The 147 letters as documentary content.

Internal Tensions

Where each work's argument pulls against itself.

Maktūbāt (Letters)

The Maktūbāt has been less prominent in modern Rumi reception than the Mathnawi and Dīvān, but is a major source for the historical-pastoral context of his teaching.