Emevî Dönemi’nde Siyasi Yaşam ve Edebiyata Etkisi Siyasi Şiir
The Effects to Political Life and Literature in Umayyad Period Political Poetry

Summary/Abstract: The Umayyad Dynasty is the short-lived dynasty state period during which the political life conditions and lifestyles had changed, and Companion and Followers generation, which are established after the struggles between Arabs, are still present. The most explicit and distinctive features of this period, which makes up the most important part of Islamic history, are the political, intellectual, and military events. During this period, nationalism and Asabiyyah had reached its peak, as it did in Jahiliyyah Period. The pioneers of nationalism were Tribe poets who were also the leaders of their tribes. Poetry had been a tool for faction struggles and the quarrels between poets reached their peak. The poets of this period are partisan press members of either their tribes’ or the political group or sect that they are supporting. The Umayyads had loved poetry. They were aware of the importance of poems and poets in the public eye. Thus, they had gathered supporters for their dynasty by giving substantial amounts of presents to poets. Every emergent opposing party had their own supporters and poets. Those poets who supported the dynasty were like some partisan media, whereas poets who supported the opposing parties were like some oposing media. Political poetry had been in various stages throughout Arabic history and in every stage, it had distinctive and different features from the previous stages. However, with the Umayyad Dynasty, it had gained a more political structure and had taken its place at the top. In this paper, “the political life during Umayyad Dynasty, the political effects of the poems of supporter poets and the Alâwi poets to the literature and the praises devoted to the khalifates” will be inspected. The poem examples of Jarir and al-Akhtal, who were professional encomiasts of Umayyad Dynasty, and the poems of opposing parties will not be included.

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