This was in 1226 a.d., and after visiting Samarcand and Constantinople, the family finally settled in Oonia, or Konia (the ancient Iconium of the New Testament). " He would," he said, "kindle the fire of divine enthusiasm throughout the world," for even as a child Rumi had visions and religious ecstasies.įor years these fugitives travelled extensively through the East, and while in Larenda, in Asia Minor, then called Rum, Jelal married. At Naishapur they met the Sufi saint, Attar, who predicted the child's future greatness. His mother was of a princely house his father, Bahau-'d-Din Veled, was a descendant of the Kalif Abu Bekr, and excited the jealousy of the Sultan, who made it so unpleasant for him that he left the city, taking with him his family, the youngest of whom was Jelalu-'d-Din, then five years old. Jelalu-'d-Din, the greatest mystical poet of any age, was born at Balkh, in 1207 a.d., and was of an illustrious descent.
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