Birth at Wakhsh
· Wakhsh (near present-day Sangtuda), Tajikistan
Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · file Rumi was born at Wakhsh, a settlement on the east bank of the Wakhsh River in present-day Tajikistan. The historical Wakhsh named in the source is identified there with the area now known as Sangtuda; coordinates are a representative point for that locality.
