Şafak's novel The Forty Rules of Love focused on love in the light of Rumi and Shams of Tabriz.
Ain Shams University | Shams Tabrizi | Ajmal Shams | Ain Shams | Shams al-Din Juvayni | Shams | Muhammad ibn Muhammad Tabrizi | Majdal Shams |
He has also sung the role of Mongol Commander as well as the Executioner in Rumi Opera directed by Behrouz Gharibpour and composed by Behzad Abdi and served as the foil to Shams (sang by Homayoun Shajarian) and Molana (sang by Mohammad Motamedi).