Persian poet rumi biography

Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi (30 September 1207 – 17 December 1273), which means Our Master, is one of the Islamic world's greatest poets.

Rumi name meaning persian

He is usually known in the English-speaking world as Rumi. He is a Sufimystic, philosopher and lover of humanity. His followers began a school of mysticism to encourage and celebrate his teachings—the Sufi branch known to many Westerners as the 'Whirling Dervishes', whose proper name is the Mevlevi order.

Background and early life

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Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi was born in 1207 in Balkh, Persia in what is today Afghanistan. His father, Bahāʼ al-Dīn Valad, was a famous religious teacher and mystic who had a position at the university in Balkh.^[1] When Mongols invaded Persia, Rumi left Persia for Konya, which was then under the Persian empire.

By the time he made it to Konya his mother had died, and he was married with a son.^[2]

Rumi had had his early spiritual education from his father Ba