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Book/Printed Material Mīrzā Bīdil maʻa Rubāʻiyāt-i ʻUmar Khayyām / / ميرزا بيدل مع رباعيات عمر خيام /

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Title

  • Mīrzā Bīdil maʻa Rubāʻiyāt-i ʻUmar Khayyām

Other Title

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  • ميرزا بيدل مع رباعيات عمر خيام /

Summary

  • This book is an anthology of the poetry of Mirza ʻAbd al-Qadir Bidil (1644-1721) and Omar Khayyaam (1048-1131). The bulk of the work showcases the ghazals (lyric poems) of Bidil, and concludes with a selection of his rubaʻiyat (quatrains) and mukhammasat (singular, mukhammas, "five-some" or poems with five verses). The ghazals appear in a rectangular field around which runs a wide border containing material pertaining to Khayyam. Presented first in the border area is a biography of Khayyam. Subsequently are presented the celebrated rubaʻiyat (for some of which the attribution to the famed poet-astronomer of Persia is controversial). The book employs an unusual layout in which Bidil's words are encased within those of Khayyam. The anonymous compiler-editor of the work refers to this form metaphorically as a guldasta (bouquet). In its classical form in Persian poetry, the ghazal deals with the topics of love and longing. In Bidil's hand, however, this poetic form often served as a vehicle for the expression of the poet's reflections on the nature of existence and the world, conveying as well his deep-seated skepticism regarding the hypocrisy of the pious and of the Muslim clergy. These concerns permeate Khayyam's poetry as well, thus clarifying the purpose of the compiler of this book in juxtaposing the work of the two poets. Long neglected by scholars of the Persian language in Iran and the West, Bidil, who was born in Mughal India, only recently has been afforded the attention that is his due. In contrast, his popularity has never waned in Afghanistan and Transoxiana (where this anthology was published). It is possible that the city of Aq Masjid, listed as where the work originated, refers to Ak-Mechet (present-day Kyzyl-Orda, in Kazakhstan), although in a second colophon the compiler dedicates the work to a judge from the far-off city of Tashkent, Uzbekistan. The book is dated to "the end of Jumada II, in 1326," (July-August 1908). World Digital Library.

Names

  • Bīdil, ʻAbd al-Qādir, 1644 or 1645-1720 or 1721, author
  • Omar Khayyam
  • Khvājah, Ghulām Rasūl

Created / Published

  • Tāshkand : [publisher not identified], [between 1870 and 1879]

Headings

  • -  Uzbekistan

Notes

  • -  Poems.
  • -  Also available in digital form.
  • -  In Persian.

Medium

  • 147 pages ; 25 cm

Call Number/Physical Location

  • PK6451.B49 A6 1870z

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2006333585

Online Format

  • pdf
  • image

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Rights & Access

The contents of the Library of Congress Persian Language Manuscript Project are in the public domain or have no known copyright restrictions and are free to use and reuse.

Credit Line: Library of Congress, African and Middle East Division, Near East Section Persian Manuscript Collection

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Chicago citation style:

Bīdil, ʻAbd Al-Qādir, 1644 Or Or 1721, Author, Omar Khayyam, and Ghulām Rasūl Khvājah. Mīrzā Bīdil maʻa Rubāʻiyāt-i ʻUmar Khayyām. [Tāshkand: publisher not identified, between 1870 and 1879, 1870] Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2006333585/.

APA citation style:

Bīdil, ʻ. A., Omar Khayyam & Khvājah, G. R. (1870) Mīrzā Bīdil maʻa Rubāʻiyāt-i ʻUmar Khayyām. [Tāshkand: publisher not identified, between 1870 and 1879] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2006333585/.

MLA citation style:

Bīdil, ʻAbd Al-Qādir, 1644 Or Or 1721, Author, Omar Khayyam, and Ghulām Rasūl Khvājah. Mīrzā Bīdil maʻa Rubāʻiyāt-i ʻUmar Khayyām. [Tāshkand: publisher not identified, between 1870 and 1879, 1870] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2006333585/>.