Mevlana Rumi
Season 1
Overview
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.
Episodes
1. Episode 1
Rumi 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.
2. Episode 2
With superior military prowess, the Mongol commander Baiju charges at the Erzurum Fortress while Rumi is on the verge of an epiphany in Konya.
3. Episode 3
Baiju eventually captures the Erzurum Fortress while Rumi in Konya discovers ethereal secrets by way of taking care of a moonling.
4. Episode 4
Rumi 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.
5. Episode 5
Söktay is released after a hard incarceration by Esfahani as he wants Söktay to instigate speculations against Rumi.
6. Episode 6
Rumi accepts Baiju's son Söktay into his madrasa. Despite his spying goal, he is deeply influenced by Rumi's teachings.
7. Episode 7
"The Sultan decides to declare war against the Mongols while Söktay's cover is blown followed by a death warrant."
8. Episode 8
Rumi takes Söktay as his protege as his death would instigate an absolute war between the Seljuks and Mongols.
9. Episode 9
None of the vassal principalities back the Seljuks against the Mongols while Ertuğrul Gazi makes a surprise emergence for support.
10. Episode 10
Shams 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.
