Zinivand, Toraj

[ 1 ] - An Analysis on Indicating the Legitimacy of the Umayyad Government in Political Poems of al-Akhtal

Since the Umayyads did not have a religious standing among the people and their government did not have the necessary religious and political legitimacy, they made great efforts to obtain this legitimacy among the people. They gathered poets and Hadith and Akhbar forgers in Shām and took propaganda advantages of them through giving many gifts. One of these poets was al-Akhtal, a Christian poet ...