"Lamentations for Cities between the Two Ages (Abbasid and Hadith) in Iraq"

Abstract

(Lamentation for Cities) occupies a large area in Arabic poetry, both ancient and modern, as a form of expression that developed the purpose of (Lamentation for Persons), which is known as mourning for the dead and crying and enumerating its characteristics in encouraging terms and sad words, after the ruins befell the cities, and it reflects the nature of the political fluctuations that sweep through The eras of government are in different stages, and this color is more influential than the people’s lamentation. Being the result of a harsh and deep experience that transcends the pain of the self with its specificity to the suffering of the calamities that befell the homeland and the great and important concerns, this is what prompted us to choose it as a topic for our research marked "Lamentation of Cities between the Two Ages (Abbasid and Hadith) in Iraq."

               The research adopted the integrative approach, benefiting from the psychological and historical approach, as well as the structural approach, which considered the text as its main starting point, while taking care of the contexts surrounding the text, to reveal its formative images and elements, and monitor its overall significance.

               The research plan was based on two parts, preceded by an introduction and followed by a conclusion in which the results of the research were presented. As for the introduction, it separated the saying in it from (the lamentation of cities), its causes, and its development in Iraqi poetry, starting from the Abbasid era to the present day.