Molana Jalal-e-Din
Mohammad Molavi Rumi
Birth
| Date | September 29, 1207 A.D. · 6th Rabi'u-l-avval 604 A.H. |
| Place | Balkh, north-eastern Persia (present day Afghanistan) |
| Given name | Jalal-e-Din Mohammad |
| Full title | Mevlana Jalal-e-Din Mohammad Mevlavi Balkhi Rumi |
Family
| Father | Baha'u-d-Din Veled Sultan-l-Ulema |
| Mother | Unknown |
| Grandfather | Jalal-e-d-Din Huseyn el Khatibi |
| Grandmother | Malika'i Jihan, daughter of Khurram-shah, King of Khorasan |
| Brother | Ala'u-d-Din (2 years older) |
| Sister | Not known — married and remained in Balkh |
| Wife | Gevher Khatun, daughter of Lala Sharafu-d-Din of Samarqand |
| 2nd wife | Unknown |
| Children | ['Son — killed with Shams', 'Daughter — married a local prince and left Konya', "Son — Muhammad Baha'u-d-Din Sultan Veled", 'Son — unknown'] |
Teachers
| In childhood | Burhanu-d-Din Serr-Daan el Muhaqqiq el Huseyni of Balkh |
| Later in life | Shams-e-Din Muhammad Ibn Malik-dad Tabrizi |
Life events
| Age 5 | Family left Balkh for Baghdad |
| Age 8 | From Baghdad to Mecca and Damascus, and finally to Malatia (western Euphrates, Turkey) |
| Age 19 · 1226 A.D. | Married Gevher Khatun and finally moved to Konya (Qonya) in the north-western provinces of Persia (present day Turkey) |
| Age 37 | Saturday, November 28, 1244 A.D. · 26th of Jamadi-ul-akhar 642 A.H. — Rumi and Shams met |
| Age 39 | March 14, 1246 · 21st Shewwal 643 A.H. — Shams left Konya and Rumi for the first time |
Major works
| Divan-e Shams | A compendium of poetry in praise of Shams, in over 45,000 verses in Farsi (Persian) |
| Mathnavi | Rumi's most famous work in 7 books and 24,660 couplets, in Farsi and some Arabic. Also commonly referred to as the Persian Quran. |
| Fihi ma Fihi | Introductory discourses on metaphysics |
Death
| Date | At sunset of December 16, 1273 A.D. · 5th Jamadi-u-l-Akhar 672 A.H. |
| Age | 66 solar years · 68 lunar years |
| Place | At home in Konya |
Sources
Divan-e Shams in Farsi, compiled by Taghi Jafary
Mathnavi in Farsi, compiled by Ghadam-Ali Sarami
Menaqibu'L'Arefin — by the historian Shams-e-Din Ahmed El Eflaki, 1353, translated by James W. Redhouse