The Mevlâna Museum in Konya began as a Mevlevi dervish lodge and holds the tomb of the Sufi mystic Jalal ad-Din Rumi. The Seljuk sultan Ala al-Din Kayqubad gave his rose garden as the burial site for Rumi's father, who died in 1231. Rumi died on December 17, 1273 and was buried beside him. His successor, Hüsamettin Çelebi, commissioned the tomb, called Kubbe-i-Hadra.
Badr al-Din Tabrizi was the architect, and it was completed in 1274. The dome is covered in turquoise tiles, and its drum first rested on four pillars. Additions continued until 1854, including a marble courtyard and a ritual hall from the reign of Süleyman the Magnificent.
Atatürk's decree of April 6, 1926 made it a museum, which opened on March 2, 1927. It drew 3.4 million visitors in 2019, the most of any museum in Turkey that year.
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