What is 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 [[Rumi|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. {{religion-stub}} [[Category:Sufic orders]]