جلال الدين الرومي
Jalaluddin Rumi (RH)
Jalal al-Din Rumi
Also known as: Rumi, Mawlana, Mevlana
604–672 AH · 1207–1273 CE
Sufism & Theology Hanafi Sufism
Mawlana, Hanafi jurist and Sufi poet of Konya, author of the Masnavi.
Rumi was the son of Baha' al-Din Walad, a preacher and scholar from Balkh. The family migrated west and settled in Konya, the Seljuk capital, where Rumi succeeded his father as a teacher of law and religion.
In 1244 he met the wandering dervish Shams-i Tabrizi, a meeting that transformed him into an ecstatic poet. His Divan-i Shams-i Tabrizi and especially the Masnavi-yi Ma'navi, a vast poem of stories and teachings rooted in the Quran and hadith, are among the most celebrated works of Persian literature. After his death his son Sultan Walad shaped his followers into the Mevlevi order.
Life journey
- 1207 CE Balkh بلخBorn in Balkh or in nearby Wakhsh (in modern Tajikistan); the family was from Balkh.
- 1222 CE Larende (Karaman) لارندةThe family left Khurasan around the time of the Mongol advance, performed Hajj and settled in Anatolia.
- 1228 CE Konya قونيةDied 1273 CE · 672 AHTaught in Konya for the rest of his life; his tomb is there.
Key works
- Masnavi-yi Ma'navi مثنوی معنویThe Spiritual CoupletsSix books of Persian verse weaving stories, Quranic exegesis and spiritual teaching.
- Divan-i Shams-i Tabrizi ديوان شمس تبريزيThe Collected Poems of ShamsLyric poems (ghazals) of longing and love, dedicated to Shams-i Tabrizi.
Places in their life
Photo: Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Sources
- Franklin D. Lewis, Rumi: Past and Present, East and West (2000)
- Aflaki, Manaqib al-'Arifin