Originally published in 1881, The Mesnevi of Mevlana (Our Lord) Jelalu-'D-Din, Muhammed, Er-Rumi is a volume that accounts of the life, acts of the author and historian El Eflaki who was a disciple of Chelebi Emir Arif, a grandson of the author of the Mesnevi. Arfi died in 1320 but the dates of Arif's successors have been carried down to 1353 when Eflaki's collection of anecdotes was completed.