The "miracle in the bazaar" is Rumi's first meeting on November 29, 1244 in the bazaar with Shams-i Tabrizi, his later co-mentor and muse who sent him reeling with a mystical question. Flaming green suggests the initiatic immortal saint al-Khidr, the Green One, but here probably means Shems. The name Mamun is suppossed to be Majnun, "the mad" who became mad through his love for Layla--of whom Eric Clapton has sung.
The "miracle in the bazaar" is Rumi's first meeting on November 29, 1244 in the bazaar with Shams-i Tabrizi, his later co-mentor and muse who sent him reeling with a mystical question. Flaming green suggests the initiatic immortal saint al-Khidr, the Green One, but here probably means Shems. The name Mamun is suppossed to be Majnun, "the mad" who became mad through his love for Layla--of whom Eric Clapton has sung.