Employing a descriptive-analytical method and library research, this study purposefully selects and examines seven letters from the Maktubat (edited by Tawfiq Sobhani) addressed to bureaucratic audiences, analyzing them from three perspectives: the etiquette of address as the formal level, the ethics of accountability (client-centrism versus human-centrism) as the functional level, and self-knowledge as the ultimate goal in encountering the Other. The findings indicate that Rumi does not reduce his requests—whether concerning taxes, tributes, stipends, land grants (iqta’), or religious posts—to a mere bureaucratic report. Titles and invocations such as “Refuge of the Weak” (Maladh al-Du’afa) impose an ethical obligation upon the addressee; requests are framed by describing “the human behind the petition” (family dependents, modesty, self-restraint, and deservingness), and the responsibility of perceiving unspoken need is placed upon the administrative authority. In clearer instances, the administrative decision is transformed into a divine blessing and an eschatological act through expressions such as “the grace of charity” and “provision for the Day of Judgment.” However, this ethics is not uniform: the third party (rivals or detractors) is viewed through labels such as “greed” and “blindness,” and the realization of accountability still relies on the ruler’s goodwill and the intercessor’s credibility rather than a guaranteed right. The results demonstrate that the three layers are not uniformly present across all letters, with self-knowledge being the least prominent among them