Sultan Walad

Baha al-Din Muhammad-i Walad
بهاءالدین محمد ولد
Sultan Walad preaching in Balkh. Illustration from a manuscupt of the Jami' al-Siyar, created in Baghdad, c. 1600
TitleSultan Walad
Personal life
Born1227 (1227)
Died1312 (aged 84–85)
Parents
  • Rumi (father)
  • Gawhar Khatun (mother)
EraIslamic Golden Age
Main interest(s)Sufism, Sufi literature
Religious life
ReligionIslam
DenominationSunni
JurisprudenceHanafi
TariqaMevlevi
CreedMaturidi
Muslim leader
Influenced by
Arabic name
Personal (Ism)Muḥammad
محمد
Patronymic (Nasab)ibn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥusayn ibn Aḥmad
بن محمد بن محمد بن الحسين بن أحمد
Epithet (Laqab)Bahā ad-Dīn
بهاء الدين
Toponymic (Nisba)ar-Rūmī
الرومي
al-Khaṭībī
الخطيبي
al-Balkhī
البلخي
al-Bakrī
البكري

Baha al-Din Muhammad-i Walad (Persian: بهاءالدین محمد ولد, 1227-1312), better known as Sultan Walad (سلطان ولد), was a Sufi and scholar. The eldest son of Rumi, he became one of the founders of the Mevlevi Order.