Mevlana was born in Horasan, in 1207. Mevlana was the most important Islam poet and the founder of the Mevlevi Sect. His father was Mehmed Bahaeddin Veled who was usually known as Sultan-ul Ulema (Sultan of the Islam Scholars). His roots go back to the first caliph Ebubekir. Mevlana went to Hicaz, Sam, and then to Malatya and Erzincan with his father. Finally, he settled in Konya and he was protected by Seljuk Sultan Alauddin. His father became the most famous scholar in Konya. After his death in 1231, Mevlana replaced him. Although he was very young, he had a reputation with deep knowledge of theology. He followed the teachings of Sufi Seyyid Burhaneddin, later he formed his own sect called as “Mevlevilik”. He wrote his most important book Mesnevi in the admiration of sufism. Mevlana was poet of feeling more than ideas. There are tales, anecdotes, and arguments about sufism in his Mesnevi. Also it includes lyric poems which Suleyman Nahifi translated them from Persian to Turkish. Mevlana died in 1273, in Konya where he was buried.

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