[104] _Rumí_ is the surname under which _Ali Ebn Abbas_, an illustrious poet, is most known. He was of Turkish origin, but born in Syria. He composed several works, which Avisenna used to read with delight, and the most difficult passages of which he commented. He died in the year of the Hejira 283 (A. D. 896)――(see Herbelot). But the poet above alluded to is _Mawlana Jelal eddin Rumí_, whose proper name is Muhammed of Balkh, who derives his origin from Muhammed, son of Amam. He is praised as the greatest mystical poet of the Orient, the oracle of the Súfís, the nightingale of contemplative life, the author of the Masnavi (a double-rhymed poem), the founder of the Mawlavis, the most celebrated order of mystic Durvishes. He died in the year of the Hejirah 661 (A. D. 1262). We shall quote hereafter a specimen of his poetry.――(See upon him _Schöne Redekünste Persiens_, by baron von Hammer, pp. 163 _et seq._) [105] Police officer or inspector. [106] The original means _masháreb_, “drinks, drinking vessels,” above rendered by “religions.” CHAPTER XI. OF THE RELIGION OF THE WISE (PHILOSOPHERS), IN THREE SECTIONS. SECTION I. Of the religion of the philosophers, and of some branches of their questions. SECTION II. Of their reputation. SECTION III. Of the wise men, and of late philosophers, and of those of that class who existed among all the nations of the children of Adam, and still exist; named in Persian _Zirek_, and _Farzanah_; in Hindi _Budhvan_, _Badisher_, _Set mat_, _Set pati_, _Kianisher_, _Chater_, _Pah danter_, and _Jami_; in Greek _Filsofi_; and in Arabic _Hakim_. SECTION I.――OF THE RELIGION OF THE PHILOSOPHERS, AND OF SOME BRANCHES OF THEIR QUESTIONS. The distinguished men of that class divide themselves into two sorts: the one are the Oriental, the other the Occidental. As to the religious customs of the Orientals, let it be known, that they are also called _Ravákín_, and in Persian _Keshísh_, “the religious,” _Pertaví_, “the splendent,” and _Róshendil_, “the enlightened,” and in Hindí _Ner mel men_ and _Jókísher_: these names relate to sanctity. The Occidentals are called in Persian _Rah berí_, “way-guides,” and _Joya_, inquirers;” in Hindí _Tárkek_.