Document Type : Original Article
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Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Imam Sadegh University
Abstract
Dabell al-Khaza'i (148-256 AH) with a life span of nearly a century, used speech and poetry to expand the culture of the Imams and contrast with the political culture of the Abbasids, and left behind an effective legacy. The present article, with a historical, descriptive, analytical approach and documentary evidence, seeks to present a vivid picture of the functions of the political speech act of Da'bel al-Khaza'i, the poet of the Ahl al-Bayt, during his long life, especially in the era of Imam Reza (AS). The theoretical framework of the present article is the relationship between language and ideology in Peer Ansar's thought. Based on his thought, language gives meaning and direction to political action. Language is an important tool for political actors to realize the act of rebellion and revolution or stabilization. The findings of this article show that Dabell’s political poetry, in the form of satire and criticism of various caliphs, from the Umayyads to the Abbasids, and in the act of consolidation, in the form of praise and lamentation of the Ahl al-Bayt, and defense of their legitimacy, expressing the lamentations of the infallible and praising the descendants, especially the praise and lamentation of Imam Reza (a.s.), has made Da'bel famous in consolidating the Razavi culture with revolutionary action and preventing the dominance of the culture opposed to the Ahl al-Bayt. Dabell’s poetic language depicts the legitimacy-discourse of the Imamate, by depicting the legitimacy, competence, and oppression of the infallibles, ) (, and exposing the injustices, betrayals, inadequacies, and injustice and tyranny of the Abbasid rulers. Dabell’s revolutionary action is in such a way that Instead of a language full of mystery and obscurity, he targeted the countless audiences of the vast Muslim lands of his era by using clear and straightforward poems
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