Mevlevi

The Mevlevi or Mevleviyya order (whirling dervishes) is a school (tarika) of Sufism was founded by Hazrat Sheikh Mevlana Jalal-ud-din Rumi. He was also sometimes known as Jalal-ud-din Balkhi as he came from Balkh, Afghanistan, and settled in Konya, (modern Turkey). This order is also called the 'Order of the Whirling Dervishes' because of the famous sema whirling/dancing ritual that they practice.

Mevlevi Media

Sufi Calligraphy
Mevlevi whirling dervishes, 1887
Mevlevi dervishes whirling in Pera by Jean-Baptiste van Mour
Mevlana Museum in Konya.
Model of a dervish studying.
Suleyman Loras with David Bellak in Konya

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