Rumi was the son of a renowned Sufi scholar, and it is more than likely that he was introduced to Sufism from a young age. Increasing Mongol incursions when he was around the age of eleven forced his family to leave Afghanistan, who travelled to Baghdad, Mecca, Damascus and finally settled in Konya in Turkey. Jalaluddin Rumi was born in 1207 in Balkh in present-day Afghanistan. His poetry is still well known throughout the modern world, and he is one of the best selling poets in America. Jalaluddin Rumi, better known simply as Rumi, was perhaps the finest Persian poet of all time and a great influence on Muslim writing and culture.
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