ABDUL-QADER BIDEL A Sufi Master Poet of the Persian 'Indian Style' SELECTED POEMS - Paul Smith - Books - Independently Published - 9781698394916 - May 3, 2020
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ABDUL-QADER BIDEL A Sufi Master Poet of the Persian 'Indian Style' SELECTED POEMS Large Print & Large Format edition

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ABDUL-QADER BIDEL A Sufi Master Poet of the Persian 'Indian Style' SELECTED POEMS Large Print & Large Format edition

ABDUL-QADER BIDEL A Sufi Master Poet of the Persian 'Indian Style' SELECTED POEMS Translation & Introduction Paul Smith Mirza Abdul-Qader Bidel (1644-1721) is one of the most respected poets whosw family was 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 but spent most of his life in Dehli. 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'. Bidel's 16 books of poetry contain nearly 147,000 couplets. With Ghalib he is considered a master of the 'Indian Style' of the ghazal. He had complicated views on the nature of God, heavily influenced by the Sufis. The correct rhyme-structure has been kept as well as the beauty and meaning of these often mystical poems including ghazals, ruba'is, qit'as, bino rhymes, masnavis, mukhammas. Introduction on The Life and Times and Poetry of Bidel, Some of the Many Forms of Poems in Persian in which Bedil composed poems, Sufis & Dervishes: Their Art & Use of Poetry, and a Selected Bibliography. Large Print (16pt) & Large Format Paperback, (8" x 10") Pages... 282. Paul Smith is a poet, author and translator of many books of Sufi poets from the Persian, Arabic, Urdu, Turkish, Pashtu and other languages including Hafiz, Sadi, Nizami, Rumi, 'Attar, Sana'i, Jahan Khatun, Obeyd Zakani, Mu'in, Amir Khusrau, Nesimi, Kabir, Anvari, Ansari, Jami, Khayyam, Rudaki, Yunus Emre. Lalla Ded, Mahsati and others, and his own poetry, fiction, plays, biographies, children's books and a dozen

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Released May 3, 2020
ISBN13 9781698394916
Publishers Independently Published
Pages 286
Dimensions 203 × 254 × 15 mm   ·   571 g
Language English  

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