[IO Islamic 574] رباعيّات بيدل

Rubâ’iyyât-i-Bîdil This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1681 in the India Office collections. [metadata: Hermann Ethé, Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office, 2 vols. (Oxford: India Office, 1903): volume 1, number 574 here with notations and hyperlinks]. 1681 Rubâ’iyyât-i-Bîdil (رباعيّات بيدل). One of the most complete collections of Bîdil’s rubâ’îs extant, containing nearly 3,500 epigrams in a strictly alphabetical order. Beginning: آنكس كه منزّه است از آب و گل ما بى او عدم است خلوت و محفل ما Dated the 17th of Muḥarram, A.H. 1126 (A.D. 1714, Febr. 2), by Muḥammad Wârith bin Muḥammad Bâḳir alṣadîḳî. No. 574, ff. 288, six rubâ’îs in every page; clear and distinct Naskhî; size, 121/4 in. by 63/8 in.