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Hashemiat are title of eight religious, sociopolitical and revolutionary odes that have been verified by Kumait Ibn Zeyd Asadi; in fact these odes are considered as the first and foremost work of him and they have been versified approximately fifteen or twenty years after martyrdom of Imam Hossein (PBUH) within the suffocating and oppressive ruling period of Umayyads and they were propagated promptly through Iraq and Syria and echoed within the cities and mosques and thereby shook foundations of Umayyad rulers’ oppression and made their versifier famous publicly.
In Hashemiat, poet presents some clear and obvious reasons for legitimacy of Ahl-Ul-Bayt (PBUT) in caliphate and succession of Holy Prophet (PBUH). He represents his arguments based on rational criteria and deduces for their demonstration by several verses of Holy Quran. Themes of these odes include eulogy of Prophet’s Ahl-Ul-Bayt (PBUT) and implication of their virtues, portraying Umayyad oppression and tyranny, introducing Imam Ali’s just rule and encouragement and emboldening the people for uprising and Jehad. In this survey, authors intended to examine Hashemiat and reveal the aforesaid precious thems and introduce higher content of these odes to readers
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