About Shams Tabrizi:
Shams-i-Tabr?z? is credited as the spiritual instructor of Mewl?n? Jal?l ad-D?n Muhammad Balkhi, also known as Rumi and is referenced with great reverence in Rumi’s poetic collection, in particular Diwan-i Shams-i Tabr?z? (The Works of Shams of Tabriz). Tradition holds that Shams taught Rumi in seclusion in Konya for a period of forty days, before fleeing for Damascus. The tomb of Shams-i Tabr?z? was recently nominated to be a UNESCO World Heritage Site.