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Chains of transmission from the Prophet, read as the sources give them.
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The atlas holds the chains of transmission from the Prophet as the standard references and the classical sources record them: the Sufi orders, the chains of Qurʾān recitation, the teachers of the schools of law and ḥadīth, and the lines of the Prophet's family, with the places they spread and the living houses and teachers who carry them today. Every link shows its sources; where they differ, both readings are shown, and we do not rule on any community's claims. Ibn ʿArabī's own life, teachers and readers are on their own page.

جلال الدين الرومي

Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī (Mawlānā)

Died 672/1273 · born 604/1207 · Balkh, Konya

Poet-teacher; pīr of the order

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The chain up to the Prophet

Dates are given where the sources give them. Years are CE; the Hijri year is in each name's detail.

Route 1 of 3, the best-sourced: Mawlawiyya (Mevlevî). Tap a rule to read its basis, sources and checks.

Sources differ on 4 links of this route.

  1. The Prophet Muhammadمحمد632
  3. Khaṭīb-i Balkhīخطيب بلخي
  4. the community's own accountin Mawlawiyya (Mevlevî)

    initiation · Khaṭīb-i Balkhī to Shams al-Aʾimma al-Sarakhsī · The community's own account

    Listed in the chain Aflākī gives in Manāqib al-ʿārifīn (II, 998), as reported by TDV Mevleviyye.

    TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, MEVLEVİYYE

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    Shams al-Aʾimma al-Sarakhsīشمس الأئمة السرخسي
  5. the community's own accountin Mawlawiyya (Mevlevî)sources differ

    initiation · Shams al-Aʾimma al-Sarakhsī to Bahāʾ al-Dīn Walad (Sulṭān al-ʿUlamāʾ) · The community's own account

    Listed in the chain Aflākī gives in Manāqib al-ʿārifīn (II, 998), as reported by TDV Mevleviyye.

    TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, MEVLEVİYYE

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    Where the sources differ, side by side. We do not rule between them.

    Bahāʾ al-Dīn Walad (Sulṭān al-ʿUlamāʾ)بهاء الدين ولد1231
  6. two sourcesin Mawlawiyya (Mevlevî)

    family descent · Bahāʾ al-Dīn Walad (Sulṭān al-ʿUlamāʾ) to Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī (Mawlānā) · Two independent sources

    Rūmī's father.

    TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, MEVLÂNÂ CELÂLEDDİN-i RÛMÎTDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, BAHÂEDDİN VELED

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    • Trimingham, Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), trimingham_sufi-orders-in-islam_1971.txt#L3807-3815 · agreesBahāʾ al-Dīn Walad (1148-1231) father of Jalāl al-Dīn; began his training.
    Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī (Mawlānā)جلال الدين الرومي1273
Other routes (2)

Route 2 of 3: Mawlawiyya (Mevlevî)

Sources differ on 5 links of this route.

  1. The Prophet Muhammadمحمد632
  3. Abū l-Najīb al-Suhrawardīأبو النجيب السهروردي1168
  4. one sourcethis step is recorded in Suhrawardiyya, not in Mawlawiyya (Mevlevî)omits: intermediaries the data does not namesources differ

    companionship (ṣuḥba) · Abū l-Najīb al-Suhrawardī to Najm al-Dīn Kubrā · One source

    Fasīḥ Aḥmad-i Khwāfī (Mujmal-i Faṣīḥī, II, 319), as reported by TDV, records a silsila in which Najm al-Dīn Kubrā benefited from Abū l-Najīb directly. [omits: ʿAmmār al-Bidlīsī and Ismāʿīl al-Qaṣrī, Kubrā's masters] Omits: ʿAmmār b. Yāsir al-Bidlīsī (Abu'l-Najīb's khalifa, Kubrā's master).

    TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Sühreverdî, Ebü'n-Necîb (Reşat Öngören)'

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    • Trimingham, Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), trimingham_sufi-orders-in-islam_1971.txt#L2078-2083 · differsʿAmmār al-Bidlīsī and Ismāʿīl al-Qaṣrī, Abū l-Najīb's disciples, were the masters of Najm al-Dīn Kubrā.
    • Encyclopaedia Iranica, 'KOBRAWIYA' (Hamid Algar), section i. The Eponym (online ed. 2021) · agreesKubrā's principal khirqa came from ʿAmmār Bedlisi, a khalifa of Abu'l-Najīb Sohravardī; no direct Abu'l-Najīb-Kubrā tie is stated.

    Where the sources differ, side by side. We do not rule between them.

    Najm al-Dīn Kubrāنجم الدين كبرى1221
  5. the community's own accountin Mawlawiyya (Mevlevî)sources differ

    initiation · Najm al-Dīn Kubrā to Bahāʾ al-Dīn Walad (Sulṭān al-ʿUlamāʾ) · The community's own account

    Sipahsālār calls Bahāʾ Walad a disciple of Najm al-Dīn Kubrā.

    TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, MEVLÂNÂ CELÂLEDDİN-i RÛMÎTDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, BAHÂEDDİN VELED

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    Where the sources differ, side by side. We do not rule between them.

    Bahāʾ al-Dīn Walad (Sulṭān al-ʿUlamāʾ)بهاء الدين ولد1231
  6. two sourcesin Mawlawiyya (Mevlevî)

    family descent · Bahāʾ al-Dīn Walad (Sulṭān al-ʿUlamāʾ) to Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī (Mawlānā) · Two independent sources

    Rūmī's father.

    TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, MEVLÂNÂ CELÂLEDDİN-i RÛMÎTDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, BAHÂEDDİN VELED

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    • Trimingham, Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), trimingham_sufi-orders-in-islam_1971.txt#L3807-3815 · agreesBahāʾ al-Dīn Walad (1148-1231) father of Jalāl al-Dīn; began his training.
    Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī (Mawlānā)جلال الدين الرومي1273

Route 3 of 3: Mawlawiyya (Mevlevî)

Sources differ on 5 links of this route.

  1. The Prophet Muhammadمحمد632
  3. Shams al-Aʾimma al-Sarakhsīشمس الأئمة السرخسي
  4. the community's own accountin Mawlawiyya (Mevlevî)sources differ

    initiation · Shams al-Aʾimma al-Sarakhsī to Bahāʾ al-Dīn Walad (Sulṭān al-ʿUlamāʾ) · The community's own account

    Listed in the chain Aflākī gives in Manāqib al-ʿārifīn (II, 998), as reported by TDV Mevleviyye.

    TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, MEVLEVİYYE

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    Not yet checked against a further reference.

    Where the sources differ, side by side. We do not rule between them.

    Bahāʾ al-Dīn Walad (Sulṭān al-ʿUlamāʾ)بهاء الدين ولد1231
  5. the community's own accountin Mawlawiyya (Mevlevî)sources differ

    initiation · Bahāʾ al-Dīn Walad (Sulṭān al-ʿUlamāʾ) to Sayyid Burhān al-Dīn Muḥaqqiq al-Tirmidhī · The community's own account

    Listed in the chain Aflākī gives in Manāqib al-ʿārifīn (II, 998), as reported by TDV Mevleviyye.

    TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, MEVLEVİYYE

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    Where the sources differ, side by side. We do not rule between them.

    Sayyid Burhān al-Dīn Muḥaqqiq al-Tirmidhīبرهان الدين محقق الترمذيc. 1241
  6. two sourcesin Mawlawiyya (Mevlevî)

    companionship (ṣuḥba) · Sayyid Burhān al-Dīn Muḥaqqiq al-Tirmidhī to Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī (Mawlānā) · Two independent sources

    Burhān al-Dīn guided Rūmī for about nine years after Bahāʾ Walad's death; sent him to Aleppo and Damascus to study.

    TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, MEVLÂNÂ CELÂLEDDİN-i RÛMÎTDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, MEVLEVİYYE

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    • Trimingham, Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), trimingham_sufi-orders-in-islam_1971.txt#L3815-3818 · agreesRūmī trained under Burhān al-Dīn Muḥaqqiq al-Tirmidhī (d. 1244).
    Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī (Mawlānā)جلال الدين الرومي1273
How to read the marks
  • Two sources: a solid rule. Two independent references give the same link.
  • One source: a lighter rule, so labelled.
  • The community's own account: a dotted rule. The order tells it; we have not yet read it against a reference source.
  • A gap in the rule: the sources omit names between the two. The label says which.
  • The sources differ: tap the ≠ to read each reading with its source.
  • A ring: a spiritual link, without a meeting (uwaysī).

Who received from Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī (Mawlānā)

3 recorded, each with the chain set it belongs to.

How to cite

Mashraba Reader, Atlas of transmission, “Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī (Mawlānā)”, https://www.mashraba.org/atlas/figure/rumi (data of 31 October 2026).