Caliph Image in Al Akhttal Poetry

This research aims to highlight the caliph image of the Umayyad Caliphin the poetry of Al Akhtal, and focuses on highlighting all the dimensions of this image. Al Akhttal shown this image in his poetry diferent images and he repeated it in strikingly. The image came in the poetry of Al Akhttal through three images:- religious image.- political image.- traditional image. The general image of the umaayad caliph intrudused by Al Akhtal was amixture of politica and religious traits. This image aimed at establishing the rislet of the Umayyad caliph. The researcher relied on the anatical descriptive method to conduct this research as it is the most appropirate to study this subject furthermore. the recourse to history to explain particular events asa well as the context of specific texts was another srategy opetend by the researcher.