[IO Islamic 574] رباعيّات بيدل

<ul> <li>Rub&acirc;&rsquo;iyy&acirc;t-i-B&icirc;dil</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1681 in the India Office collections.</li> <li>[metadata: Hermann Eth&eacute;, 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].</li> </ul> <p><span>1681</span></p> <p><span>Rub&acirc;</span><span><span>&rsquo;</span></span><span>iyy&acirc;t-i-B&icirc;dil (</span><span><span><span><span><span>رباعيّات بيدل</span></span></span></span></span><span>).</span></p> <p><span>One of the most complete collections of B&icirc;dil</span><span><span>&rsquo;</span></span><span>s rub&acirc;</span><span><span>&rsquo;</span></span><span>&icirc;s extant, containing nearly 3,500 epigrams in a strictly alphabetical order. Beginning:</span></p> <p><span><span><span><span><span>آنكس كه منزّه است از آب و </span></span></span><span><span><span>گ</span></span></span><span><span><span>ل ما</span></span></span></span></span></p> <p><span><span><span>بى او عدم است خلوت و محفل ما</span></span></span></p> <p><span>Dated the 17th of Mu</span><span>ḥarram, A.H. 1126 (A.D. 1714, Febr. 2), by Muḥammad W&acirc;rith bin Muḥammad B&acirc;ḳir alṣad&icirc;ḳ&icirc;.</span></p> <p><span>No. 574, ff. 288, six rub&acirc;</span><span><span>&rsquo;</span></span><span>&icirc;s in every page; clear and distinct Naskh&icirc;; size, 12</span>^{<span>1/4</span>}<span> in. by 6</span>^{<span>3/8</span>}<span> in. </span><span> </span></p> <p>&nbsp;</p>