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.

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.

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.

Kabul University had a specialized division for Bedil's style of poetry known as Bedil Shunāsi.

External links

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

1677 births | 1720 deaths | Indian poets | Persian poets | Sufis | ابوالمعالی بیدل