Shams Tabrizi Day · Ruz-e Shams-e Tabrizi

Culture of origin: Iranian · Cultural

Holiday sources: Iran

Shams of Tabriz (1185–1248) was an Iranian dervish and poet, educated in Tabriz, who is remembered above all for his companionship with Rumi. Tradition holds that he met Rumi in Konya in 1244 and taught him in seclusion for forty days before leaving for Damascus. Rumi named his great collection of lyric poems, the Divan-e Shams-e Tabrizi, after him.