Divan-Aflaki Concordance
The following concordance of verses from Rumi's odes/ghazals was compiled by Susan Friedman, Ph.D. (on 9/27/03) and offered for use on this website to anyone interested.
The earliest accounts of Jalâluddîn Rûmî were written by his son, Sultan Walad (mainly in poetic form). The next earliest account is by Sepahsâlâr, who claimed to have been a disciple of Rumi for twenty years. Thirdly, is Aflâkî's account, completed in 1353 (eighty years after Rumi died). Aflaki's book was initiated by the order of his shaykh, Ulu `ârif Chelebî, who was Rumi's grandson. His work is considered to be a "hagiography," in that it typically exaggerates in order to magnify the greatness of Rumi the saint, as well as his father and successors, especially by emphasizing their miracles. In his account, he borrowed freely from Sepahsâlâr's book, as well as the collection of the notes of the disciples of Shams-é Tabrîzî (Maqâlât-é Shams).
Aflaki appears to have ornamented his work with verses from Rumi's works which have similar themes to the narrative accounts. Only occasionally does he state that a specific poem was composed or recited by Rumi during a specific occasion. Quite a few of the quoted verses are be other poets known or unknown to Aflaki, and are therefore not in the collected works of Rumi. Aflaki's quotations from Rumi's quatrains are not included in this concordance, but can be found in the "Quatrains Concordance" (in the Quatrains section of this website, sendable following email request). Aflaki's quotations from Rumi's Masnavi can be located in O'Kane's index, and are reliable.
Unless noted, Aflaki page citations are for the English edition: "Shams al-dîn Ahmad-e Aflâkî, 'The Feats of the Knowers of God' (Manâqeb al-`ârefîn)," translated from the Persian by John O'Kane (Boston: Brill, 2002). O'Kane also has an index of verses which he located, however, the ones from Rumi's ghazals are imperfectly cited--therefore the need for the present concordance.
Chapter and section numberings are the same for English and Persian editions unless noted. Arberry (a) and Nicholson (n) numberings follow the numbers in Foruzanfar's Persian edition if available.
Foruzanfar (10-Volume ed.) Aflaki (O'Kane trans.)
Divan # Vol., page, line Ch. Section, page
31 ~~~~~ I, p. 26, l. 400 ~~~~~ I ~~~~~ [2], p. 8
~~~~~~~ I, p. 26, l. 400 ~~~~~ V ~~~~ [21], p. 501 top, 1st
couplet
74 ~~~~~ I, p. 51, l. 867 ~~~~~ VIII ~~ [101], p. 681 top
96 ~~~~~ I, p. 62, l. 1075 ~~~~ VI ~~~ [6], p. 522
98 ~~~~~ I, p. 64, l. 1102 ~~~~ III ~~~ [16], p. 178
~~~~~~~ I, p. 64, l. 1102 ~~~~ VII ~~~ [14], p. 559 top
101 ~~~~ I, p. 67, ll. 1146-47 ~ VIII ~~ [34], p. 613 bot.
114 ~~~~ I, p. 74, l. 1282 ~~~~ VII ~~~ [4], p. 550 top
139 ~~~~ I, p. 90, ll. 1593-97 ~ V ~~~~ [31], p. 509 bot.
181/a21 ~ I, p. 113-14, ll. 2023-27 ~ III ~ [300], p. 257 top
223 ~~~~ I, p. 140, l. 2527 ~~~ I ~~~~~ [5], p. 12
228 ~~~~ I, p. 143, l. 2584 ~~~ VIII ~~ [79], p. 655 bot.
232/a28 ~ I, p. 145, l.2606 ~~~ III ~~~ [95], p. 126 bot.
304/a34 ~ I, p. 184, l. 3318 ~~ III ~~~~ [84], p. 117 top
310/a35/n7 ~ I, p. 188, l. 3393 ~ III ~~~ [421], p.313 top
(Pers., ed. [422] p. 453)
~~~~~~~ I, p. 188, l. 3393 ~~~ III ~~~~ [558], p. 394 top
329/a39 ~ I, p. 198, l. 3562 ~~~III ~~~ [77], p. 112 bot.
335 ~~~~ I, p. 201, ll. 3630-31 ~ IV ~~ [56], p. 450 bot.
348 ~~~~ I, p. 208, ll. 3755-56 ~ III ~~ [37], p. 86 bot.
355 ~~~~ I, p. 211, l. 3819 ~~~ III ~~~ [121], p. 147 bot.
370 ~~~~ I, p. 220, l. 3973 ~~~ V ~~~ [26], p. 504
391 ~~~~ I, p. 229, l. 4154 ~~~ III ~~~ [150], p. 163 top
425 ~~~~ I, p. 247, l. 4476 ~~~ IV ~~~ [65], p. 456 bot.
450 ~~~~ I, p. 261, l. 4745 ~~~ III ~~~ [188], p. 191
479 ~~~~ I, p. 279, l. 5089 ~~~ III ~~~~ [357], p. 285 bot.
523 ~~~~ II, p. 1, l. 5562 ~~~~ III ~~~~ [156], p. 169 bot.,
p. 170 top
526/a62 ~ II, p. 3, l. 5589 ~~~~ III ~~~~ [151], p. 165
563/a68 ~ II, p. 22, l. 5961 ~~~ III ~~~~ [73], p. 109 mid.
578 ~~~~ II, p. 31, l. 6123 ~~~ III ~~~~ [571], p. 400 top
652 ~~~~ II, p. 67, ll. 6809-10 ~ IX ~~~ [2], p. 684 bot.
660 ~~~~ II, p. 72, l. 6899 ~~~ VIII ~~~ [34], p. 611 top
682 ~~~~ II, p. 82, ll. 7095-97, 7099 ~ III ~ [138], p. 156
731 ~~~~ II, p. 112, l. 7678 ~~ III ~~~~ [57], p. 101 top
736 ~~~~ II, p. 115, l. 7738 ~~ III ~~~~ [298], p. 252 top
836 ~~~~ II, p. 166, ll. 8729-31, 34, ~ III ~ [526], p. 375 bot.
+ 376 top
837/a106 ~~~~~ II, p. 168, ll. 8753-54 ~ I ~ [35], p. 30 bot.
844 ~~~~ II, p. 172, l. 8841 ~~ III ~~~~ [251], p. 226
858 ~~~~ II, p. 179, l. 8960 ~~ III ~~~~ [522], p. 370
~~~~~~~~ II, p. 178, l. 8950 ~~ IV ~~~~ [102], p. 480 top
903 ~~~~ II, p. 204, l. 9470 ~~ III ~~~~ [346], p. 281 top
909/a117 ~ II, p. 207, l. 9530 ~ III ~~~ [56], p. 100
~~~~~~~ II, p. 207, l. 9530 ~~ III ~~~~ [449], p. 328 bot.
912 ~~~~ II, p. 209, l. 9566 ~~ III ~~~~ 61], p. 104 bot.
978 ~~~~ II, p. 250, ll. 10360-66 ~ IV ~ [112], p. 488 3rd letter
1013 ~~~ II, p. 266-67, ll. 10683, 85, 87, 89, 97, 699, 10701 ~ III
~~~~~ [364], p. 288
1052/a134 ~ II, p. 287-88, ll. 11099-11105 ~ III ~ [194], p. 195 top
1062 ~~~ II, p. 293, l. 11202 ~ IV ~~~ [4], p. 423 bot.
1072 ~~~ II, p. 297, l. 11284 ~ V ~~~~ [28], p. 505
1077/a136/n26 ~ II, p. 299, l. 11328 ~ VII ~ [31], p. 574 top
1100 ~~~ III, p. 13, l. 11627 ~~ III ~~~ [9], p. 62 bot.
1114 ~~~ III, p. 20, l. 11759 ~~ III ~~~ [207], p. 204
1118 ~~~ III, p. 22, l. 11802 ~~ VIII ~~ [19], p. 591
1135 ~~~ III, p. 34, 12020-21 ~ III ~~~ [283], p. 243 top
1140 ~~~ III, p. 38, l. 12089 ~~ III ~~~ [299], p. 256 top
1158/a150 ~ III, p. 49, ll. 12298-99 ~ III ~ [77], p. 112 mid.
1186 ~~~ III, p. 67, ll. 12630-31~ III ~ [596], p. 416 top
1209 ~~~ III, p. 79, ll. 12869, 72 ~ IX ~ [9], p. 694 bot.
1210 ~~~ III, p. 80, ll. 12875-79 ~ V ~ [34], p. 513 bot.
1323 ~~~ III, p. 140-41, ll. 14009-14 ~ IV ~ [112], p. 487 2nd letter
1326a165 ~ III, p. 142, ll. 14035-36 ~ IV ~ [45], p. 443 bot.
1327 ~~~ III, p. 142, l. 14040 ~ III ~~~ [171], p. 181 bot.
1364 ~~~ III, p. 163, ll. 14422-14434 ~ IV ~ [112], p. 487 1st letter
1372/a168 ~ III, p. 167, l. 14494 ~ III ~ [355], p. 284
1374 ~~~ III, p. 168, l. 14522 ~ III ~~~ [422], p. 313 bot.
1375 ~~~ III, p. 170, l. 14539 ~ III ~~~ [506], p. 359 top
~~~~~~~ III, p. 169, l. 14534 ~ III ~~~ [544], p. 385 bot.
1377 ~~~ III, p. 172, l. 14586 ~ VI ~~~ [21], p. 538 bot.
1412 ~~~ III, p. 191, l. 14940 ~ X ~~~~ [8], p. 699
1426 ~~~ III, p. 198, ll. 15074-75 ~ III ~ [569], p. 399 mid.
1439 ~~~ III, p. 206, ll. 15217, 35, 42 ~ III ~ [172], p. 182 top
1493 ~~~ III, p. 234, ll. 15727, 39, 40 ~ IV ~ [108], p. 485 top
1497 ~~~ III, p. 236, ll. 15771-72 ~ III ~ [12], p. 65
1576/a194 ~ III, p. 278, l. 16533 ~ IV ~ [109], p. 486 mid.
1594 ~~~ III, p. 287, l. 16691 ~ III ~~~ [438], p. 322 bot.
1609 ~~~ III, p. 296, ll. 16752, 16760 ~ VIII ~ [20], p. 593 top
1722 ~~~ IV, p. 56, l. 18028 ~~ III ~~~ [292], p. 247 mid.
~~~~~~~ IV, p. 56, l. 18028 ~~ VIII ~ [98], p. 674 top
1724 ~~~ IV, p. 58, ll. 18054-55~ III ~ [116], p. 143
~~~~~~~ IV, p. 58, ll. 18054-55~ III ~ [557], p. 393 bot.
1725/a215 ~ IV, p. 58, l.18057 ~ III ~ [61], p. 104 top
1759 ~~~ IV, p. 79, ll. 18437-40~ III ~ [373], p. 293
1760/a219 ~ IV, pp. 80-81 ~~~ IV ~~~ [112], pp. 488-89 4th letter
1767 ~ IV, p. 84, l. 18516 ~~~~III ~~~ [334], p. 277 top
1983/a245 ~ IV, p. 219, l. 20949 ~ III ~ [102], p. 133
2039/a253 ~ IV, p. 250, l. 21492 ~ III ~ [579], p. 404 bot.
2077 ~ IV, p. 275, l. 21930 ~~ VI ~~~ [13], p. 530
2412/a309 ~ V, p. 174, l. 25460 ~ III ~ [579], p. 404 top
3177 ~ VII, p. 51-52, ll. 34059-61, 65 ~ III ~ [295], p. 250 bot.
Tarji`band 11 ~ VII, p. 108, l. 35031 ~ VII ~ [15], p. 559 bot.
