The traditions collected by Eflākī...

The traditions collected by Eflākī, relating to this period, vary considerably from one another on minor points of date and order of succession, though the main facts come out sufficiently clear.) Jelāl's son, Sultan Veled, related to Eflākī that his father Jelāl used frequently to say, "I and all my disciples will be under the protection of the Great Master , my father, on the day of resurrection; and under His guidance we shall enter the divine presence; God will pardon all of us for His sake." It is related that when the Great Master departed this life, his son, Jelālu-’d-Dīn, was fourteen years old.

(This is apparently a copyist's error for "twenty-four." Jalāl is said to have been born in a.h. 604-a.d. 1207.) He married when seventeen (or eighteen); and often did he say in the presence of the congregation of his friends, "The Great Master will remain with me a few years. I shall be in need of Shemsu-’d-Dīn of…