Al-Muʾayyad Al-Shīrāzī And Fatimid Daʿwa Poetry: A Case of Commitment in Classical Arabic Literature

This study analyzes the committed religio-political poetry of al-Mu?ayyad al-Sh?r?z?, chief missionary for the Fatimids in the fifth/eleventh century, demonstrating his founding of the tradition of "Fatimid "da?wa" (religious mission) poetry" that has flourished after him for a thousand years.