Rumi's World: The Life and Works of the Greatest Sufi Poet (Shambhala dragon editions)
"Annemarie Schimmel has been immersed in Rumi for over forty years.  Her scholarship and devotion are magnificent.  She has a deep understanding of the poems, the mystical puns, the music, and the dancy inner meanings of Rumi's work."—Coleman Barks, author ofThe Essential Rumi.