An Arab poet Abu al-Bahr al-Khatti and his poems

In this study, the life and poems of Abu al-Baḥr al-Khatti, who was born in Qatîf, continued his life in Bahrain, immigrated to Iran as it is known today, and died there, were examined. The study consists of an introduction and three main parts. In the introduction part, the subject, importance, aim, problem and method of the research are discussed. In addition, the sources used in the study are included. The period in which the poet lived is also discussed in this section. In the first chapter, Abu al-Baḥr's life and literary personality are examined and general information about his Divan is given. In the second part, the content analysis was made and the poems he wrote in the content of panegyric, elegy, ikhwaneyat, longing, introduction to the letter, ghazal, wasf, khamriyat, defeat and religious poetry were exemplified. The texts and translations of the relevant parts of the poems and comments about them are given. In the third part, the poems of the poet are examined in terms of the structure of the ode, meter and rhyme, expression methods and rethorics. As a result, it has been determined that Abu al-Bahr successfully reflects the main content and other secondary subjects of Arabic poetry in his poems. It has been determined that he wrote his poems by successfully using language and style features.