Rumi

Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad Rūmī, or simply Rumi, was a 13th-century poet, Hanafi faqih, Islamic scholar, Maturidi theologian, and Sufi mystic born during the Khwarazmian Empire. Rumi's works were written... Wikipedia

  • Religion:  Islam
  • Denomination:  Sunni
  • Order:  Sufi
  • Nationality:  Khwarezmian Empire, then Sultanate of Rum
  • Home town:  Wakhsh (present-day Tajikistan) or Balkh present-day Afghanistan
  • Born:  30 September 1207, Balkh (present-day Afghanistan) or Wakhsh (present-day Tajikistan), Khwarezmian Empire
  • Age at death:  66 years
  • Died:  17 December 1273 (aged 66), Konya (present-day Turkey), Sultanate of Rum
  • Resting place:  Tomb of Mevlana Rumi, Mevlana Museum, Konya, Turkey
  • Spouse:  Gevher Khatun, Karra Khatun
  • Children:  Sultan Walad, Ulu Arif Chelebi, Amir Alim Chelebi, Malike Khatun.
  • Parents:  Baha al-Din Valad (father), Mo'mena Khatun (mother)
  • Title:  Jalaluddin, jalāl al-Din, Mevlana, Mawlana
  • Predecessor:  Shams-i Tabrizi and Baha-ud-din Zakariya
  • Successor:  Husam al-Din Chalabi, Sultan Walad
  • Works:  Mathnawī-ī ma'nawī, Dīwān-ī Shams-ī Tabrīzī, Fīhi mā fīhi
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