He moved to Konya (in modern Turkey) in 1227. There he founded a sect who became to be known as Whirling Dervishes.

He wrote a comprehensive epic on Sufi mysticism - the Masnavi. It comprises some 26,000 verses and is a complete encyclopeadia of all the mystical thought known in the 13th century.
It is regarded by the Persian Sufis as second in importance only to the Koran.

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Ibn al-Farid
1185-1235
Ibn al-Farid was a poet from Egypt who composed magnificent, delicately writen mystical poems, considered by many to be the pinnacle of Arabic mystical verse.

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Suleyman Celebi
d. 1429

Turkish poet famous for his 'Mevlud' - a mystical poem in honour of the prophet Mohammed's birth. It makes a great introduction to an understanding of the deep love for the Prophet felt by the pious Moslems and it is still sung on many occasions in Turkey.