Agnomens and pseudonyms of the poets of Jahiliyyah and Umayyad periods

Agnomen's are obtained via person's daughter, son, mother or father. Even though there are agnomens obtained due to personal features, there are exemptions. Yet in Arabic world agnomens' position is unequivocally important. So much so in some situations even animals have been given agnomens. As for pseudonyms carry personal qualities. They can be obtained due to personal features and/or person's actions. When poets' pseudonyms are inspected, poems' importance in pseudonym subject also arise. Poets who sometimes acquired their pseudonyms because of a couplet they uttered, sometimes used their pseudonyms in their poems. In this thesis, the agnomens and pseudonyms of some poets who lived in the Jahiliyyah Period and the Umayyad Period who were attributed importance are analysed and the reasons why they received these agnomens and pseudonyms are emphasised. In the first part of the thesis, the structure in the Jahiliyyah and Umayyad periods is mentioned briefly. In the second part, agnomen and pseudonym subjects are taken up, and tabakat (biographical) works which contributes greatly to the agnomen and pseudonym research was mentioned. In the third part Jahiliyyah poets', in the fourth part Umayyad poets' agnomens and pseudonyms are analysed.