Abul Ma'āni Mirzā Abdul-Qāder Bedil or Mawlānā Abul Ma'āni Abdul Qader Bedil (1642–1720) (Persian: مولانا ابوالمعانی عبدالقادر بیدل) was a famous poet and Sufi born in Azimabad (present day Patna, India); his family was of the Barlas tribe from Balkh (present day Afghanistan). According to some other sources, he was born in Khwaja Rawash, an area of Kabul province in Afghanistan. Events January 4 - Charles I attempts to arrest five leading members of the Long Parliament, but they escape. ... // Events January 6 - The Committee of Inquiry on the South Sea Bubble publishes its findings February 11 - Sweden and Prussia sign the (2nd Treaty of Stockholm) declaring peace. ... Persian is a language spoken in Iran, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, Bahrain, Iraq, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia, Southern Russia, neighboring countries, and elsewhere. ... Sufism (Persian: صوفی‌گری Sufi gari, Arabic: تصوف, taá¹£awwuf) is a mystic tradition of Islam. ... Today Balkh is a small town in the Province of Balkh, Afghanistan, about 20 kilometers northwest of the provincial capital, Mazar-e Sharif, and some 74 km (46 miles) south of the Amu Darya, the Oxus River of antiquity, of which a tributary formerly flowed past Balkh. ... A view of the old city Kabul Kabul (, Kâbl, in Persian کابل) is the capital and largest city of Afghanistan with a population variously estimated at 2 to 4 million. ...

He wrote poetry and prose in Dari or Persian. He is considered as one of the founders and great poets of Indian School of Poetry in Persian, and owns his unique Style in this. Both Ghalib and Iqbal were influenced by him. Dari (دری) is the local written name for the Persian language in Afghanistan used mainly in official papers. ... Persian is a language spoken in Iran, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, Bahrain, Iraq, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia, Southern Russia, neighboring countries, and elsewhere. ... Persian is a language spoken in Iran, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, Bahrain, Iraq, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia, Southern Russia, neighboring countries, and elsewhere. ... Mirza Asadullah Beg Khan Ghalib1 (also known as Mirza Ghalib) (December 27, 1797 - February 15, 1869) was an Indian poet who wrote in Urdu and Persian. ... Allama Dr. Sir Muhammad Iqbal Allama Dr. Sir Muhammad Iqbal (November 9, 1877-April 21, 1938) was an important Indian Muslim poet from the colonial era, a philosopher and thinker of Kashmiri origin. ...

He is more famous in Afghanistan and Central Asia than in Iran or in India, because the language style and expressions used in his poems are more comprehensible for Dari speaking Afghans. Dari (دری) is the local written name for the Persian language in Afghanistan used mainly in official papers. ...

Kabul University had a specialized division for Bedil's style of poetry known as Bedil Shunāsi. Kabul University is located in Kabul, Afghanistan and was founded 1931, opened 1932 and formally established in 1947. ...

External links

• http://www.virtualafghans.com/culture/poetry/bedil/