Rumi’s Masnavi to be granted World Heritage status

TEHRAN, Oct. 22 (MNA) – Head of Golestan Palace announced that Rumi’s Masnavi has been inscribed on the UNESCO Memory of the World Register list. Parvin Seghat ol-Eslam, head of Golestan Palace, explained, “Jalāl ad-Dīn Muhammad Rūmī’s Masnavi that we have submitted this year for inclusion in the Memory of the World Register lists is half-cut in 32.5 by 22.4 dimensions on buff-colored paper and presently exists at Golestan Palace documents treasury.” Iran has already registered six valuable documentary heritages at UNESCO Memory of the World Register lists, the most recent of which was a collection of selected maps of Iran in the Qajar Era recommended for inclusion in the Memory of the World Register in 2013. A collection of Nezami’s Panj Ganj (Persian for Five Treasures) and “Bayasanghori Shâhnâmeh” (Prince Bayasanghor’s Epic of Kings) are also included in UNESCO Memory of the World Register lists.