War in classical Arabic poetry (From the Jahiliyyah to Abbasid Period)

Poetry, with its unique rhythm, has been a means of reflecting the thoughts such as love, hate, sadness and revenge in the imagination of people throughout history and influencing people in harmony. Poetry, which continues to exist in a dialectic of continuous change, development and innovation, has become the most valued literary element of people in Arab society since Jahiliyya. While the dynamics and sensitivities of the society changed over time, poetry has always kept its importance and sphere of influence under protection and has continued to develop in some way. In almost every period of Arabic literature, especially in the Jahiliyya Period, new genres have existed in poetry and elements that encourage and develop poetry have come to the forefront. Eyyâmu'l-'Arab, which was used to express the wars fought by the Arabs during the Jahiliyya Period, is one of these elements that developed poetry. There was a need for poetry and poets to remember those who died in wars, to praise their heroism or to vilify the opposing tribe. On this occasion, developments in poetry have taken place. The changing literary face, especially poetry, in the Sadru'l-İslam Period, pushed poets to write poetry with themes such as praise (medih), satire (hiciv), elegy (mersiye) with religious centralism. In this period, the war content poetry exchanges ensured that the themes that had existed since the Jahiliyya Period were placed on a more solid ground and transferred to the later periods. During the Umayyad Period, when people grouped sectarianly, fought each other and declared a caliph from within, each group needed poets and poems to express their own rightfulness. Inter-sectarian wars contributed to the development of old poetry genres and paved the way for the emergence of new poetry genres. In this study, the reflections of the wars that took place in the Sadru'l-İslam and Umayyad Periods, especially in the Jahiliyya, on the poems, their contributions to its development and the themes dealt with in these poems were discussed.