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About this atlas
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.
سلطان ولد
Sulṭān Walad (Bahāʾ al-Dīn Muḥammad)
Died 712/1312 · born 623/1226 · Larende (Karaman), Konya
Rūmī's son; organised the order
Sources for this person
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.
- The Prophet Muhammadمحمد632
- Shams al-Aʾimma al-Sarakhsīشمس الأئمة السرخسي
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, MEVLEVİYYENot yet checked against a further reference.
Where the sources differ, side by side. We do not rule between them.
- Sipahsālār places Bahāʾ Walad in a chain back to Aḥmad al-Ghazālī (TDV Mevlānā).TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, MEVLÂNÂ CELÂLEDDİN-i RÛMÎ
Bahāʾ al-Dīn Walad (Sulṭān al-ʿUlamāʾ)بهاء الدين ولد1231two 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 VELEDChecked against
- 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 الرومي1273two sourcesin Mawlawiyya (Mevlevî)
family descent · Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī (Mawlānā) to Sulṭān Walad (Bahāʾ al-Dīn Muḥammad) · Two independent sources
Rūmī's son (born Larende 1226).
TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, SULTAN VELEDChecked against
- Trimingham, Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), trimingham_sufi-orders-in-islam_1971.txt#L3860-3866 · agreesSultan Walad son; succeeded after Ḥusām; d. 712/1312.
Sulṭān Walad (Bahāʾ al-Dīn Muḥammad)سلطان ولد1312
Other routes (2)
Route 2 of 3: Mawlawiyya (Mevlevî)
Sources differ on 5 links of this route.
- The Prophet Muhammadمحمد632
- Najm al-Dīn Kubrāنجم الدين كبرى1221
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 VELEDChecked against
- Encyclopaedia Iranica, 'KOBRAWIYA' (Hamid Algar), section i. The Eponym (no print volume shown; online ed. 2021) · differsRejects Jāmī's claim that Bahāʾ al-Dīn Walad was a pupil of Kubrā: no mention of Kubrā in father's or son's writings (Lewis).
Where the sources differ, side by side. We do not rule between them.
- Reported tradition, but TDV adds that Bahāʾ Walad did not function as a Kubrawī shaykh.TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, BAHÂEDDİN VELED
- Algar (Iranica 'Kobrawiya'): Jāmī's notion that Bahāʾ al-Dīn Walad was Najm al-Dīn Kubrā's pupil 'must be dismissed' (citing Lewis, pp. 30-33).Encyclopaedia Iranica, 'KOBRAWIYA' (Hamid Algar)
Bahāʾ al-Dīn Walad (Sulṭān al-ʿUlamāʾ)بهاء الدين ولد1231two 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 VELEDChecked against
- 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 الرومي1273two sourcesin Mawlawiyya (Mevlevî)
family descent · Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī (Mawlānā) to Sulṭān Walad (Bahāʾ al-Dīn Muḥammad) · Two independent sources
Rūmī's son (born Larende 1226).
TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, SULTAN VELEDChecked against
- Trimingham, Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), trimingham_sufi-orders-in-islam_1971.txt#L3860-3866 · agreesSultan Walad son; succeeded after Ḥusām; d. 712/1312.
Sulṭān Walad (Bahāʾ al-Dīn Muḥammad)سلطان ولد1312
Route 3 of 3: Mawlawiyya (Mevlevî)
Sources differ on 5 links of this route.
- The Prophet Muhammadمحمد632
- Bahāʾ al-Dīn Walad (Sulṭān al-ʿUlamāʾ)بهاء الدين ولد1231
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, MEVLEVİYYENot yet checked against a further reference.
Where the sources differ, side by side. We do not rule between them.
- TDV Mevlānā describes Burhān al-Dīn as Rūmī's spiritual guide after his father's death; the Bahāʾ Walad article does not mention him.TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, MEVLÂNÂ CELÂLEDDİN-i RÛMÎTDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, BAHÂEDDİN VELED
Sayyid Burhān al-Dīn Muḥaqqiq al-Tirmidhīبرهان الدين محقق الترمذيc. 1241two 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, MEVLEVİYYEChecked against
- 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 الرومي1273two sourcesin Mawlawiyya (Mevlevî)
family descent · Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī (Mawlānā) to Sulṭān Walad (Bahāʾ al-Dīn Muḥammad) · Two independent sources
Rūmī's son (born Larende 1226).
TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, SULTAN VELEDChecked against
- Trimingham, Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), trimingham_sufi-orders-in-islam_1971.txt#L3860-3866 · agreesSultan Walad son; succeeded after Ḥusām; d. 712/1312.
Sulṭān Walad (Bahāʾ al-Dīn Muḥammad)سلطان ولد1312
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 Sulṭān Walad (Bahāʾ al-Dīn Muḥammad)
2 recorded, each with the chain set it belongs to.
- Ulu ʿĀrif Chalabī (Amīr ʿĀrif)أولو عارف چلبي1320
two sourcesin Mawlawiyya (Mevlevî)
family descent · Sulṭān Walad (Bahāʾ al-Dīn Muḥammad) to Ulu ʿĀrif Chalabī (Amīr ʿĀrif) · Two independent sources
Son of Sulṭān Walad by Fāṭima Khātūn; succeeded him as head (term from 712/1312).
TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, SULTAN VELEDTDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, MEVLEVİYYEChecked against
- Trimingham, Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), trimingham_sufi-orders-in-islam_1971.txt#L3805-3810 area (p.61) · agreesJalāl al-Dīn Amīr ʿĀrif (d. 1320) successor of Sultan Walad.
- Abāpūsh-i Walīأبابوش ولي1485
the community's own accountin Mawlawiyya (Mevlevî)sources differ
family descent · Sulṭān Walad (Bahāʾ al-Dīn Muḥammad) to Abāpūsh-i Walī · The community's own account
Abāpūsh-i Walī's Çelebi title derives from Muṭahhara Khātūn, daughter of Sulṭān Walad (Sākıb Dede's genealogy).
TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, DÎVÂNE MEHMED ÇELEBİNot yet checked against a further reference.
Where the sources differ, side by side. We do not rule between them.
- Sākıb Dede: Divane Mehmed descends from Süleyman Shah who married Muṭahhara Khātūn.TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, DÎVÂNE MEHMED ÇELEBİ
- A Konya MS genealogy (869/1464) gives Abāpūsh-i Walī as grandson of Mehmed Pasha, with a different line; Aflākī does not record the marriage.TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, DÎVÂNE MEHMED ÇELEBİ
How to cite
Mashraba Reader, Atlas of transmission, “Sulṭān Walad (Bahāʾ al-Dīn Muḥammad)”, https://www.mashraba.org/atlas/figure/sultan-walad (data of 31 October 2026).