Rumi

Type Figure Region Anatolia Time 1207–1273 Also known as Molana、Muhammad Jalal al-Din Rumi

Rumi was a 13th-century Persian-language Sufi poet and religious scholar, born in Balkh in 1207, who fled west with his family in the 1220s to escape…

Timeline

1212–1228Malatya · TurkeyIn the 1210s Rumi traveled west with his father Baha al-Din Walad from Balkh, moving through eastern Anatolia and Syria in the 1220s, personally witnessing the great migration of scholarly and religious communities triggered by the Mongol invasions.
1229–1240Konya · TurkeySettled in Konya around 1229, inherited his father's chair after the latter's death in 1231, and taught Islamic law and Sufi thought in Konya in the 1230s; before meeting Shams he had already become a well-known local scholar.
1244–1273Konya · TurkeyAfter meeting Shams Tabrizi in 1244 he underwent a spiritual transformation, composing the Divan and the Masnavi; he died in Konya in 1273, and his tomb is today an important pilgrimage site.

Sources

Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition: Djalal al-Din Rumi — A. J. Arberry https://referenceworks.brillonline.com/
The Life and Work of Jalal al-Din Rumi — A. J. Arberry (1950)