WRITER

Abdul-Qādir Bedil

1642 - 1720

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Abul-Ma'ānī Mīrzā Abdul-Qādir Bēdil (Persian: مولانا ابوالمعانی میرزا عبدالقادر بیدل, or Bīdel, بیدل), also known as Bedil Dehlavī (بیدل دهلوی; 1642–1720) and Bedil Azimabadi, was an Indian Sufi, and considered one of the greatest Indo-Persian poets, next to Amir Khusrau, who lived most of his life during the reign of Aurangzeb, the sixth Mughal emperor. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Abdul-Qādir Bedil has received more than 96,256 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Abdul-Qādir Bedil is the 1,935th most popular writer (up from 2,044th in 2019), the 247th most popular biography from India (down from 241st in 2019) and the 41st most popular Indian Writer.

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  • 20

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  • 2.98

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Notable Works

Ramz vajūd vanjāvan dī
2010
Dīvān-i Bedili
1961
Dīwān-i Bēdil
1961
Panja ganja
1976
Kalām-i Bedil
1989
Bedal sāʼīnʼa jo risālo
2015

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Abdul-Qādir Bedil ranks 1,935 out of 7,302. Before him are Éric Zemmour, John of Ruusbroec, Pierre Gringore, Giovanni Botero, Jordan of Saxony, and Robert James Waller. After him are Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens, Ko Un, Otto IV, Margrave of Brandenburg-Stendal, José Luis de Vilallonga, 9th Marquess of Castellbell, Vazha-Pshavela, and Avitus of Vienne.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1642, Abdul-Qādir Bedil ranks 12. Before him are Shitao, André Charles Boulle, Ihara Saikaku, Andrea Pozzo, Seki Takakazu, and Louis I, Prince of Monaco. After him are Marie Anne de La Trémoille, princesse des Ursins, Zheng Jing, Giovanni Maria Bononcini, Anne Hilarion de Tourville, Hâfiz Osman, and Claudio Coello. Among people deceased in 1720, Abdul-Qādir Bedil ranks 7. Before him are Sukjong of Joseon, Calico Jack, Eleonor Magdalene of Neuburg, Maria Barbara Bach, Edward England, and Maria Margaretha Kirch. After him are Antoine Coysevox, Anne Dacier, Peter Tordenskjold, Giovanni Maria Lancisi, Balaji Vishwanath, and Nicolas de Fer.

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In India

Among people born in India, Abdul-Qādir Bedil ranks 247 out of 1,861. Before him are Meher Baba (1894), Shantanu (null), Surdas (1478), Mir Jafar (1691), Liaquat Ali Khan (1895), and Anandi Gopal Joshi (1865). After him are Tansen (1493), Motilal Nehru (1861), Jayalalithaa (1948), Neelam Sanjiva Reddy (1913), Bal Thackeray (1926), and Chandrakirti (600).

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Among WRITERS In India

Among writers born in India, Abdul-Qādir Bedil ranks 41. Before him are Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak (1942), Harivansh Rai Bachchan (1907), Anna Leonowens (1831), Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay (1876), Mir Taqi Mir (1723), and Surdas (1478). After him are D. R. Bendre (1896), Ramdhari Singh Dinkar (1908), Shakuntala Devi (1929), Rahul Sankrityayan (1893), Jaggi Vasudev (1957), and M. Karunanidhi (1924).

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