The Project Gutenberg eBook of The Mesnevī, by Jalāl al
vii. TRANSLATOR''S The historian El Eflākī was a disciple of Chelebī Emīr ''Ārif, a grandson of the author of the Mesnevī. ''Ārif died in 1320; but as the dates of ''Ārif''s successors are carried down to 754 ( 1353), when Eflākī''s collection of anecdotes was completed, the historian must have outlived this last date.