Rumi lived most of his life under the Persianate Seljuk Sultanate of Rum, where he produced his works and died in 1273 AD. He was buried in Konya , and his shrine became a place of pilgrimage. [45] Upon his death, his followers and his son Sultan Walad founded the Mevlevi Order , also known as the Order of the Whirling Dervishes, famous for the ...