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Bedil: Life Poems Paperback Book

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147,000 couplets included
Master of Indian ghazal
Mystical Persian poetry translated
Rhyme structure preserved
120 pages of poems
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BEDIL LIFE POEMS Translation Introduction by Paul Smith Mirza AbdulQader Bedil (16441721) is one of the most respected poets from Afghanistan. In the early 17th century, his family moved from Balkh to India, to live under the Mughul dynasty. He was born and educated near Patna. In his later life he spent time travelling and visiting ancestral lands. His writings in Persian are extensive, being one of the creators of the Indian style. Bedils 16 books of poetry contain nearly 147,000 couplets. With Ghalib he is considered a master of the complicated Indian Style of the ghazal. He had complicated views on the nature of God, heavily influenced by the Sufis. The rhymestructure has been kept and the meaning of these beautiful, mystical poems. Introduction on The Life and Poetry of Bedil, Forms in which Bedil composed poems, Bibliography. Pages... 120. ~Introduction to Sufi Poets Series~ Life Poems of the following Sufi poets, Translations Introductions Paul Smith AMIR KHUSRAU, ANSARI, ANVARI, ALMAARRI, ATTAR, ABU SAID, AUHAD UDDIN, BABA FARID, BABA AZFAL, BABA TAHIR, BEDIL, BULLEH SHAH, DARA SHIKOH, GHALIB, HAFIZ, IBN ARABI, IBN YAMIN, IBN ALFARID, IQBAL, IRAQI, JAHAN KHATUN, JAMI, KAMAL ADDIN, KHUSHAL KHAN KHATTAK, KABIR, KHAQANI, KHAYYAM, LALLA DED, MAHSATI, MAJNUN, MAKHFI, MANSUR HALLAJ, MUIN UDDIN CHISHTI, NAZIR AKBARABADI, NESIMI, NIZAMI, OBEYD ZAKANI, RAHMAN BABA, RUDAKI, RUMI, SANAI, SADI, SARMAD, SHAH LATIF, SHAH NIMATULLAH, SULTAN BAHU, YUNUS EMRE. 90 pages each. Paul...

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Binding: Paperback;122 pages; Publisher: Amazon Digital Services LLC - KDP; Classification: N/A; Weight: 310.96 g; Dimensions: N/A

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