The Forty Rules of Love
The Forty Rules of LoveElif Şafak
Characters in The Forty Rules of Love
5 characters, main characters first.Main characters
Ella Rubenstein
A suburban wife whose reading of a novel about Rumi awakens a dawning restlessness in her own life.
Rumi
The thirteenth-century scholar transformed by his spiritual friendship with Shams of Tabriz.
Supporting characters
Aziz Z. Zahara
The Sufi author of the manuscript Ella reads, with whom she begins a life-changing correspondence.
Shams of Tabriz
A restless mystic who lives by forty rules of love and remakes Rumi's life.
Shams-i Tabrizi