Their unusual story is set against a historical background that narrates the remarkable spiritual bond between Rumi and Shams of Tabriz.
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Şafak's novel The Forty Rules of Love focused on love in the light of Rumi and Shams of Tabriz.
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The Forty Rules of Love: A Novel of Rumi, 368 pp, 2010, Viking Adult, ISBN 0-670-02145-8
It has been translated into Turkish under the title Türkçe Sevmek, with a foreword by the controversial Turkish novelist Elif Shafak.
Yeni Şafak | Elif Şafak | Elif Yıldırım | Elif Jale Yeşilırmak |