At a glance
- Era
- The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era · The Gunpowder Empires
- Region
- Anatolia · Persia & Central Asia
- Identifiers
- Wikidata
- Review
- Draft Completeness 2/5 · Help complete it
Overview
The Mawlawi order is a Sufi order traced to Jalal al-Din al-Rumi (d. 672 AH/1273 CE), famous for its rotating sama' — the 'whirling dervishes' — and among the orders closest to Ottoman state circles 1.
In the sources
The order arose in Seljuk Anatolia after Rumi's death and spread across the Ottoman world until it became among its best-known presences in letters, music and building 1.
People and things also explored
Al-Kadhimiya Mosque (Kazimayn shrine)· Imam Husayn Shrine, Karbala· Ahl al-Ahwa (the people of deviant opinions in Islam, and the rules on their testimony, narration and prayer behind them)· The people of the qibla and not declaring takfir for sin· The division of the community (al-iftiraq al-ummah)· Suhba (companionship with the Prophet: who is a Companion, how companionship is proved, the uprightness of all Companions, and the ruling on insulting them)· Ghayba (occultation)· Hadr (blood and value wasted: no retaliation, no compensation)
Sources
- J. Spencer Trimingham, The Sufi Orders in Islam (Oxford 1998)
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “The Mawlawi order (Mevlevi)”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/group/mawlawiyya/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-22.