They argued: “Everyone knows that he was born in Balkh and then moved to Konya.” Suhrab Sirat, a renowned Afghan poet, wrote a long post, quoting a couplet from Mathnawi:
واحتجوا قائلين :" يعلم الجميع أنه ولد في بلخ بأفغانستان ثم انتقل إلى قونية".