Bedil, Khān Ārzū and Mīr Taqī Mīr

<!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: &quot;Urdu Typesetting&quot;;">B</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Cambria&quot;,serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;">ī</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Urdu Typesetting&quot;;">dil is considered the greatest and last influential poet of the *Sabk-e-Hindi* (Indian style). The intellectual similarities between Gh</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Cambria&quot;,serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;">ā</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Urdu Typesetting&quot;;">lib and B</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Cambria&quot;,serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;">ī</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Urdu Typesetting&quot;;">dil are widely recognized as a valid research topic. However, little effort has been made to explore the connections between M</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Cambria&quot;,serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;">ī</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Urdu Typesetting&quot;;">r Taq</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Cambria&quot;,serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;">ī</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Urdu Typesetting&quot;;"> M</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Cambria&quot;,serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;">ī</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Urdu Typesetting&quot;;">r, a famous Urdu poet known as *Khud</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Cambria&quot;,serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;">ā</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Urdu Typesetting&quot;;">-e-Sukhan* (God of Poetry), and B</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Cambria&quot;,serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;">ī</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Urdu Typesetting&quot;;">dil in terms of thought and style.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; &nbsp;</span></span><span style="font-family: &quot;Urdu Typesetting&quot;;">Even though M</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Cambria&quot;,serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;">ī</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Urdu Typesetting&quot;;">r lived closer to B</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Cambria&quot;,serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;">ī</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Urdu Typesetting&quot;;">dil&rsquo;s time and had more direct access to his works compared to Gh</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Cambria&quot;,serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;">ā</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Urdu Typesetting&quot;;">lib, this connection has not been fully explored. Persian literary records clearly mention that Kh</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Cambria&quot;,serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;">ā</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Urdu Typesetting&quot;;">n </span><span style="font-family: &quot;Cambria&quot;,serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;">Ā</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Urdu Typesetting&quot;;">rz</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Cambria&quot;,serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;">ū</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Urdu Typesetting&quot;;">, a mentor and relative of M</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Cambria&quot;,serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;">ī</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Urdu Typesetting&quot;;">r, considered himself a student of B</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Cambria&quot;,serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;">ī</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Urdu Typesetting&quot;;">dil. This paper is the first scholarly attempt to trace the intellectual and artistic links between M</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Cambria&quot;,serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;">ī</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Urdu Typesetting&quot;;">r and B</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Cambria&quot;,serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;">ī</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Urdu Typesetting&quot;;">dil through the influence of Kh</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Cambria&quot;,serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;">ā</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Urdu Typesetting&quot;;">n </span><span style="font-family: &quot;Cambria&quot;,serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;">Ā</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Urdu Typesetting&quot;;">rz</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Cambria&quot;,serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;">ū</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Urdu Typesetting&quot;;">.</span></p> <!--EndFragment-->