Chahār ʻunṣur-i Bīdil
By: bāznivishtahʹī az Sayyid Z̤iyāʼ al-Dīn Shafīʻī
Contributors: Shafīʻī, Z̤iyaʼ al-Dīn, adapter, writer of supplementary textual content, editor
Edition: Chāp-i avval
Publisher: Muʼassasah-i Farhangī Hunarī va Intishārāt-i Bayn al-Milalī-i al-Hudá
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Tihrān
Language: per
Number of pages: 464
ISBN-13: 9789644396168
Subjects: Persian prose literature; Persian literature
Work titles: Chahār ʻunṣur
Notes: "Bīdel's autobiography, Čahār ʻonṣor (The four elements), was written between 1680 and 1694 in rhymed prose (sajʻ) interspersed with ḡazals, robāʻīyāt, mat̲nawīs, and qeṭʻas (occasional poems). It has four chapters, corresponding to the four elements, air, water, fire, and earth. The biographical data include accounts of Bīdel's early childhood, notes and reminiscences about his religious experiences, accounts of his travels, as well as mystical and philosophical expositions on such topics as the nature of the soul, the significance of dreams, and the benefits of speech and silence. It is one of the most difficult books in the whole corpus of Indo-Muslim literature"--Encyclopædia Iranica.

In Persian.