Atlas
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.
أولو عارف چلبي
Ulu ʿĀrif Chalabī (Amīr ʿĀrif)
Died 719/1320 · Konya
Rūmī's grandson; spread the order through appointed deputies
Sources for this person
TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi (2 entries)
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
- Bahāʾ al-Dīn Walad (Sulṭān al-ʿUlamāʾ)بهاء الدين ولد1231
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 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 ولد1312two 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.
Ulu ʿĀrif Chalabī (Amīr ʿĀrif)أولو عارف چلبي1320
Other routes (2)
Route 2 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
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 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 ولد1312two 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.
Ulu ʿĀrif Chalabī (Amīr ʿĀrif)أولو عارف چلبي1320
Route 3 of 3: Mawlawiyya (Mevlevî)
Sources differ on 5 links of this route.
- The Prophet Muhammadمحمد632
- Sayyid Burhān al-Dīn Muḥaqqiq al-Tirmidhīبرهان الدين محقق الترمذيc. 1241
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, 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 ولد1312two 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.
Ulu ʿĀrif Chalabī (Amīr ʿĀrif)أولو عارف چلبي1320
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 Ulu ʿĀrif Chalabī (Amīr ʿĀrif)
1 recorded, each with the chain set it belongs to.
- Celaleddin Bakır Çelebiجلال الدين باقر چلبي1996
one sourcein Mawlawiyya (Mevlevî)omits: some twenty generations of Çelebis after Ulu ʿĀrif; not enumerated in sources read (see Mehmed Said Hemdem Çelebi's list of Konya postnişins, not read).sources differ
family descent · Ulu ʿĀrif Chalabī (Amīr ʿĀrif) to Celaleddin Bakır Çelebi · One source
The Çelebi line is the patrilineal descent from Rūmī through Sulṭān Walad and Ulu ʿĀrif; the family counts the 20th–22nd generation and 'Çelebi' number 33 for the present holder (family/order account).
the community's own account: Dar al-Masnavi, The Leader of all Mevlevis (order's own account)the community's own account: mevlana.net, Çelebi family siteChecked against
- Dār al-Masnavi, page text · agreesSays succession is patrilineal and counts Faruk as the 33rd Makam Çelebi, 22nd generation from Rūmī.
- mevlana.net family site, summary · agreesLists the same line; counts differ by a generation between sites (20th vs 22nd).
Where the sources differ, side by side. We do not rule between them.
- Generation count: Dār al-Masnavi says 22nd generation; another site says 20th great-grandson (22nd generation).the community's own account: Dar al-Masnavi, The Leader of all Mevlevis (order's own account)
How to cite
Mashraba Reader, Atlas of transmission, “Ulu ʿĀrif Chalabī (Amīr ʿĀrif)”, https://www.mashraba.org/atlas/figure/ulu-arif-chalabi (data of 31 October 2026).