That's right, he could be the father of co-exist. The mausoleum is a beautiful building. Unfortunately, the gift shop was closed when we were there. Mevlana was the founder of the whirling dervishes. I went to see some whirling dervishes in a caravanserai (a medieval inn for merchants) in Cappadocia. There were some other thinkers in medieval Turkey much like Mevlana. One is even credited with the idea for the 1948 Declaration of Human Rights. I'll be posting more links as soon as I find the sites.