Sufi Rumi's quest for understanding himself and his self-understanding philosophy drove him to leave his native country during the Mongol invasion and travel to the West.
Where to Watch Mevlana Rumi • Season 1
10 Episodes
Episode 1
E1
Episode 1Rumi has a prophetic presentiment that harbingers the coming of the Mongol hordes to the Seljuk State, while some begrudge him his elevated person in Konya.
Episode 2
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Episode 2With superior military prowess, the Mongol commander Baiju charges at the Erzurum Fortress while Rumi is on the verge of an epiphany in Konya.
Episode 3
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Episode 3Baiju eventually captures the Erzurum Fortress while Rumi in Konya discovers ethereal secrets by way of taking care of a moonling.
Episode 4
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Episode 4Rumi struggles with the sedition spreading against him as a Mongol sympathizer while the Sultan learn that the Sivas and Erzincan Fortresses have been sacked by Baiju Noyan.
Episode 5
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Episode 5Söktay is released after a hard incarceration by Esfahani as he wants Söktay to instigate speculations against Rumi.
Episode 6
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Episode 6Rumi accepts Baiju's son Söktay into his madrasa. Despite his spying goal, he is deeply influenced by Rumi's teachings.
Episode 7
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Episode 7"The Sultan decides to declare war against the Mongols while Söktay's cover is blown followed by a death warrant."
Episode 8
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Episode 8Rumi takes Söktay as his protege as his death would instigate an absolute war between the Seljuks and Mongols.
Episode 9
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Episode 9None of the vassal principalities back the Seljuks against the Mongols while Ertuğrul Gazi makes a surprise emergence for support.
Episode 10
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Episode 10Shams sets out after a vision akin to Rumi's and in an inn he is revealed to leave for Konya which is to initiate Shams' real journey.
