MU‘ĀWIYA’S MONARCHY

Having composed numerous verses of poems as laudation for the Umayya, Farazdaq has manifested in his poetry the assumption that the Umayya regarded themselves as ‘Uthmān’s heirs apparent. In a poem addressing ‘Abd al-Malik Ibn Marwān, he has composed,

سربال ملك عليهم غير مسلوب[4[

تراث عثمان كانو الاولياء له

“They are the custodians of ‘Uthmān’s inheritance and this royal robe can by no means be divested.”

He in another poem addressing Walīd Ibn ‘Abd al-Malik, has certified that his caliphate has been transferred from ‘Uthmān [5] and elsewhere he has composed addressing Yazīd Ibn ‘Abd al-Malik that the caliphate has been transferred from ‘Uthmān to Mu‘āwiya and then to him among the Umayya [6]

به نصـر الله النبـي محمـدا [7[

ورثت ابن حرب وابن مروان والذي

[1] Being requested for an aid by ‘Uthmān, Mu‘āwīya along with two others came to Medina and went to ‘Uthmān overnight. “Have you brought any helper?”, ‘Uthmān questioned
[2] Nathr al-durr, vol.IV, p.62; Balāghāt al-nisā’, p.139; al-‘Iqd al-farīd, vol.VI, p.90
[3] al-Ghārāt, p.70
[4] Dīwān Farazdaq, Vol.I, p.25
[5] Ibid, vol.II, p.210
[6] Dīwān farazdaq, vol.II, p.210
[7] Ibid, vol.I, p.114

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“You are the heir of Harb’s son, Marwān’s son and the heir of the one with whose assistance Allāh made Muhammad (s) vanquish (he has probably meant ‘Uthmān by the last one)”