Rumi — Encyclopaedia Britannica

Britannica biography of Rumi by Annemarie Schimmel; it gives his birth about 30 September 1207 at Balkh, the family's departure about 1218, the arrival at Konya in 1228, his father Baha al-Din Walad's death in 1231, the meeting with Shams al-Din of Tabriz on 30 November 1244, Shams's final disappearance in 1247, and Rumi's death at Konya on 17 December 1273.