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Mevlana Mohammed Jelaled-Din Rumi

The date of birth: September 30, 1207

The place of birth: Balkh in Afghanistan

The date of death: December 17, 1273

The Life of Mevlana

Mevlana continued his education with courses taked from Seyyid Burhanettin Tirmizi after his father Bahaeddin Veled. He became the most important mystic of this field by prefering to reach with way of love to the truth. He met Shems of Tebriz in October 23, 1244. The moment of the meeting of Mevlana and Shems is referred to as the 'meeting of two seas' . Each of them had attained a spiritual awareness of depth and breadth which distinguished them from others. Now these two would complete each other in the boundless Sea of Unity. But this relationship caused some gossips and Shems of Tebriz left Konya. When it was learned that Shems was in Damascus, Mevlana's oldest son Sultan Veled set out to try to bring him back and he managed to it. However Shems of Tebriz turning to Konya disappeared about to not turning back. After a time Mevlana's extraordinary need for a mirror for his love was met by Sheik Selahaddin ' Zarkubi ' (Goldsmith) , a former disciple of Seyyid Burhaneddin of Tirmiz ( Mevlana's early mentor and after his father , the one with the greatest influence on his introduction to spirituality along with knowledge ). Sheik Selahaddin Zarkubi was dead December 29, 1258. Mevlana was led to emplacement of tolarance consciousness in society by researching not human but their wrongness and faulties. After his dead December 17, 1273, he gave his place to Çelebi Hüsameddin choosed as his caliph. Sultan Veled continued to diffuse thoughts and ideas of his father by establishing Mevlevi Tariqat.

Mevlana Mohammed Jelaled-Din Rumi