They argued : “ Everyone knows that he was born in Balkh and then moved to Konya . ” Suhrab Sirat , a renowned Afghan poet , wrote a long post , quoting a couplet from Mathnawi :
واحتجوا قائلين : " يعلم الجميع أنه ولد في بلخ بأفغانستان ثم انتقل إلى قونية " .