Journal of the stylistic of Persian poem and prose
volume Number 18، number In Volume 11، February 2026 ، issue Number 117

Analysis and Study of the Concept of Justice and Anti-Oppression in Poetry from the 6th to the 8th Century AH

Fatemeh Ershadian , Nahid Azizi (Author in Charge), Fozieh Parsa

Abstract

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Literary texts have long been considered one of the most valuable and first-hand sources for analyzing and evaluating the political, social, and cultural conditions of any era and time, which have the ability to represent many social and political developments with a sociological function. Poets, as one of the conscious and thoughtful groups of society, have often been indifferent to the political and social issues of the era in their works, and like a meticulous and insightful historiographer and a just judge, they have both recorded and recorded events and criticized the conditions and circumstances of society. The 6th to the 8th century AH is one of the turbulent periods of Iran, when, following the Mongol invasion and the anomalies that arose after it, many poets have criticized the conditions and circumstances in society and the oppression and oppression in society. The aim of the present study is to analyze and analyze the praise of justice and the anti-oppression in the poetry of the sixth to eighth centuries of the Islamic calendar.

METHODOLOGY: The study method in this article is descriptive-analytical, based on library studies and content analysis methods, in which the poems of nine prominent poets from the sixth to eighth centuries of the Islamic calendar will be considered.

FINDINGS: The research findings show that the poets under study have made many direct and indirect references to the inefficiency of the ruling classes, the oppression and tyranny of the rulers, the disregard for justice and fairness, corruption, ignorance and inefficiency of the rulers, and various methods of grievance and legal action.

CONCLUSION: The present study shows that Persian poetry in the three mentioned centuries has provided one of the most important platforms for legal action, criticism of power, and defense of justice. Among the three centuries studied, the sixth century has paid the most attention to the issue of oppression and injustice in society, and the cry for justice by poets in this century is greater, and Sana"i, Attar, Anvari, Khaqani, Ibn Yamin, Nezami, Sa"di, Hafez, and Ubaid have paid the most attention to the concept of justice and anti-oppression in their poems, respectively.

Keyword
Justice. Anti-oppression. Persian poetry. Sixth to eighth ce