RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Sultan Walad

1226 - 1312

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Baha al-Din Muhammad-i Walad (Persian: بهاءالدین محمد ولد), more popularly known as Sultan Walad (سلطان ولد), was a Sufi, Hanafi Maturidi Islamic scholar and one of the founders of the Mawlawiya (مولویه) order. Sultan Walad was the eldest son of Jalal Al-Din Rumi, Persian poet. Sultan Walad's mother was Jowhar Khatun, daughter of the Lala Sharaf-ud-Din of Samarkand. The marriage took place in 623 AH (about 1226 AD), so Sultan Walad was born around 1227. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Sultan Walad is the 1,380th most popular religious figure (down from 1,145th in 2019), the 627th most popular biography from Türkiye (down from 550th in 2019) and the 94th most popular Turkish Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Sultan Walad ranks 1,380 out of 3,187. Before him are Dominik Duka, Shinran, Ignatius IV of Antioch, Shamgar, Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni, and Cristóvão Ferreira. After him are Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya, Irinej, Serbian Patriarch, Vitalis of Milan, Gisela, Abbess of Chelles, Henri Estienne, and Claudio Acquaviva.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1226, Sultan Walad ranks 7. Before him are Charles I of Anjou, Bar Hebraeus, Ata-Malik Juvayni, Guy, Count of Flanders, Bolesław V the Chaste, and Herman VI, Margrave of Baden. After him are Ulrich I, Count of Württemberg, Gertrude of Austria, Maria of Brabant, Duchess of Bavaria, and Blanche of Navarre, Duchess of Brittany. Among people deceased in 1312, Sultan Walad ranks 6. Before him are Piers Gaveston, 1st Earl of Cornwall, Otto III, Duke of Bavaria, Elizabeth of Carinthia, Queen of Germany, Ferdinand IV of Castile, and Toqta. After him are John II, Duke of Brabant, Arthur II, Duke of Brittany, Isabella of Villehardouin, Ibn Manzur, Theobald II, Duke of Lorraine, and Marino Zorzi.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Sultan Walad ranks 627 out of 1,347. Before him are Maathorneferure (-1250), Barlaam of Seminara (1290), Menander Protector (550), Roman of Bulgaria (930), Drastamat Kanayan (1884), and Cüneyt Arkın (1937). After him are Şehzade Bayezid (1612), Ibn Kemal (1468), George Sphrantzes (1401), Maria Palaiologina (1300), Yaşar Kemal (1923), and Mithridates II of Pontus (-300).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Türkiye

Among religious figures born in Türkiye, Sultan Walad ranks 94. Before him are Meletius of Antioch (400), Stachys the Apostle (20), Simeon Stylites the Younger (521), Mark of Ephesus (1392), John XI of Constantinople (1225), and Daniel the Stylite (409). After him are George Sphrantzes (1401), Ebussuud Efendi (1490), Macrina the Younger (324), Theodosius the Cenobiarch (424), Isaac of Armenia (338), and Maximus V of Constantinople (1897).

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