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Mevlâna Museum

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The Mevlâna Museum (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 (Celaleddin-i Rumi), a Persian Sufi mystic.

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

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