batch.motif.sufi-persian-mystics-rumi-davis-gutenberg-l116-l142
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record_id: batch.motif.sufi-persian-mystics-rumi-davis-gutenberg-l116-l142
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/persian-mystics-rumi-davis.md
passage_locator:
label: PREFACE / F. HADLAND DAVIS. / CONTENTS / INTRODUCTION; lines 116-142
start: '116'
end: '142'
translation: 'The Persian Mystics: Jalálu''d-dín Rúmí'
notes: Generated from OpenAI Batch run motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority;
human review required.
canonical_text:
quote: ''
summary: The passage gives a signed and dated front-matter entry by F. Hadland Davis
in London, followed by the table of contents for an introduction, a section on
the life and work of Jalálu'd-dín Rúmí, selections from the Dīvāni Shamsi Tabrīz
and Masnavi, and an appendix on Persian poetry.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
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text: F. Hadland Davis is named above a London date of January 22, 1907.
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evidence_refs:
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- id: obs:2
text: The contents list an introduction with sections on the origin, early practitioners,
nature, influence, and religion of love in Sūfīism.
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evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: The contents list a major section titled The Life and Work of Jalálu'd-dín
Rúmí.
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evidence_refs:
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- id: obs:4
text: Subsections under the life and work section include Life, Shamsi Tabrīz, stories
of Al-Aflākī and the death of Jalálu'd-dín Rúmí, and the nature and significance
of Rúmí's poetry.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:5
text: The contents list selections from the Dīvāni Shamsi Tabrīz, selections from
the Masnavi, and an appendix on Persian poetry.
category: object
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name_or_label: F. Hadland Davis
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name_or_label: Jalálu'd-dín Rúmí
description: Named in the title of the life-and-work section and in a subsection
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evidence_refs:
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name_or_label: Shamsi Tabrīz
description: Named as a subsection heading and in the title Dīvāni Shamsi Tabrīz.
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evidence_refs:
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- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Al-Aflākī
description: Named in a subsection heading referring to stories of Al-Aflākī and
the death of Jalálu'd-dín Rúmí.
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evidence_refs:
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label: central subject of life, work, death, and poetry sections
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basis: The contents explicitly name a section on the life and work of Jalálu'd-dín
Rúmí and subsections on his death and poetry.
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label: named subject or title-associated figure
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basis: Shamsi Tabrīz appears as a subsection heading and within the title of a selected
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label: named source or storyteller figure in contents heading
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basis: The contents refer to the stories of Al-Aflākī in a subsection title.
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label: Signed front matter and table of contents
summary: The passage presents the name, place, and date of the front matter, then
lists the book's major sections and subsections.
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candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: religion of love as a Sufi topic
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basis: A contents heading names an Analysis of the Religion of Love within the introduction
to Sūfīism.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
confidence: low
cautions: This is only a table-of-contents heading; the passage does not narrate
or describe the motif itself.
- id: motif:2
label: mystical Sufi teaching and poetry as study topics
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basis: The contents include the nature of Sūfīism, early Sūfīs, Rúmí's poetry, and
selections from major poetic works.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
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confidence: low
cautions: The passage lists topics and titles only; it does not provide doctrinal
content, symbolic action, or narrative pattern.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
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type: summary
locator: lines 116-120
quote_or_summary: F. Hadland Davis is named, followed by London and the date January
22, 1907.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/persian-mystics-rumi-davis.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary used.
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type: summary
locator: lines 121-131
quote_or_summary: The contents list an introduction with sections on the origin,
early Sūfīs, nature, influence, and analysis of the religion of love.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/persian-mystics-rumi-davis.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary used.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: lines 133-138
quote_or_summary: The contents list The Life and Work of Jalálu'd-dín Rúmí, with
subsections on life, Shamsi Tabrīz, Al-Aflākī's stories and Rúmí's death, and
the nature and significance of Rúmí's poetry.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/persian-mystics-rumi-davis.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary used.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: lines 140-142
quote_or_summary: The contents list selections from the Dīvāni Shamsi Tabrīz, selections
from the Masnavi, and an appendix on Persian poetry.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/persian-mystics-rumi-davis.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary used.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: low
comparison_claims: high
notes: The passage is front matter and a table of contents, so named figures and
section topics are clear, but motif extraction is necessarily limited and tentative.
reviewer_status:
status: needs_review
reviewer: ''
reviewed_at: ''
notes: Machine-generated draft from OpenAI Batch; not human-reviewed.
extracted_by: openai_batch:gpt-5.5
extracted_at: '2026-04-28'
notes: |-
No symbols from the supplied symbol taxonomy appear in this passage. No comparison claims were made because the passage does not itself support comparative assertions.
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