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Rural Administration and Society of Medieval Egypt in the Period of Environmental Change

Research Project

Project/Area Number 20K00998
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Review Section Basic Section 03030:History of Asia and Africa-related
Research InstitutionKeio University (2023)
Tokyo University of Foreign Studies (2020-2022)

Principal Investigator

Kumakura Wakako  慶應義塾大学, 経済学部(三田), 教授 (80613570)

Project Period (FY) 2020-04-01 – 2024-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2023)
Budget Amount *help
¥4,420,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,020,000)
Fiscal Year 2023: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
Fiscal Year 2022: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
Fiscal Year 2021: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
Keywords環境史 / マムルーク朝 / オスマン朝 / 村落社会 / アラブ部族 / ウルバーン / 地方行政 / マムルーク体制 / 灌漑 / 中世エジプト史 / イクター制 / ナイル / 農業 / 土地制度 / 水利 / 国家体制
Outline of Research at the Start

本研究は、中世温暖期から小氷河期へと移行する時代にあたる14世紀半ばから15世紀のエジプトにおいて、環境変動が村落社会に与えた影響や、地方行政の変容について考察する。この時期のエジプトは、1347年に始まった黒死病以降、深刻なペストの流行が繰り返され、慢性的に人口が減少していった。また、ナイルの水位が次第に上昇し、水害に見舞われることが以前に比して多くなった時期でもある。こうしたことから、村落社会における農業生産や灌漑、徴税にかかわる慣行や、それをめぐる人々の関係、環境変動期に見られた諸現象に対して、国家が見せたリアクションとしての地方行政の変化について検討していく。

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study investigates the interaction between environmental change, the state of village society, and the transformation of local administration in Egypt during the period of environmental change from the mid-fourteenth to the fifteenth century. The main issues discussed were, first, the practices of agricultural production, irrigation and tax collection in village society, and the relationships between people in relation to these practices and second, the changes in local administration as a reaction of the state to the various phenomena observed during the period of environmental change. These issues were addressed by analysing information on the practices and human relations of village communities from the archives of the Austrian National Archives and the records of the appointment of local administrators from the narrative sources.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

気候変動やコロナ禍を経験した現代の状況と、中世温暖期から小氷期へと移り変わり、ペストが蔓延した14世紀から15世紀の状況は重なる部分が多い。そのような変化の時代の中で、地方行政や村落社会がどのように変容したかを追究することは、環境変動に対し、人間がどのようなリアクションをとってきたかを知る上で重要である。

Report

(5 results)
  • 2023 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2022 Research-status Report
  • 2021 Research-status Report
  • 2020 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (13 results)

All 2024 2023 2022 2021 Other

All Int'l Joint Research (2 results) Journal Article (4 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 1 results,  Peer Reviewed: 3 results,  Open Access: 1 results) Presentation (6 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 2 results,  Invited: 1 results) Book (1 results)

  • [Int'l Joint Research] Aix-Marseille University(フランス)

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] University of Marburg(ドイツ)

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
  • [Journal Article] The Tax Survey Record of the First Year of Ottoman Rule in Egypt2022

    • Author(s)
      Wakako Kumakura
    • Journal Title

      The Mamluk-Ottoman Transition: Continuity and Change in Egypt and Bilad al-Sham in the Sixteenth Century

      Volume: 2 Pages: 273-306

    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report 2021 Research-status Report
  • [Journal Article] Water Development in the Medieval Western Delta2022

    • Author(s)
      Wakako Kumakura
    • Journal Title

      The Northern Land: Histories of the Ancient to Modern Nile Delta

      Volume: なし

    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Instructions for Scribes in the Military Office during the Baḥrī Mamluk Period: “Scribal Arts for the Dīwān and the Pen of Fiscal Administration”(§2.5.14) of Shihāb al-Dīn Aḥmad al-Nuwayrī’s Nihāyat al-Arab fī Funūn al-Adab2021

    • Author(s)
      熊倉 和歌子、吉村 武典、亀谷 学、手島 秀典、久保 亮輔
    • Journal Title

      アジア・アフリカ言語文化研究

      Volume: 102 Pages: 115-155

    • DOI

      10.15026/116719

    • NAID

      120007151705

    • ISSN
      2436-911X
    • URL

      https://tufs.repo.nii.ac.jp/records/2185

    • Year and Date
      2021-09-30
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Sugar to Grains. An Agricultural Shift in Medieval Fayyum2021

    • Author(s)
      Wakako Kumakura
    • Journal Title

      Studies on the History and Culture of the Mamluk Sultanate

      Volume: N/A Pages: 203-227

    • NAID

      120006028262

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 中世エジプト・イクター制下の土地と環境をめぐる権力関係2023

    • Author(s)
      熊倉和歌子
    • Organizer
      第121回史学会大会シンポジウム「土地所有の世界史」
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Oriental Despotism or Bottom-up Approach? A Discussion on the Irrigation Maintenance System of the Nile in Ottoman Egypt2023

    • Author(s)
      Wakako Kumakura
    • Organizer
      The Seventh Biennial Conference of East Asian Environmental History (EAEH 2023)
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] あるホラーサーン商人の遺産関連文書にみる14世紀末の動乱2023

    • Author(s)
      熊倉和歌子
    • Organizer
      シンポジウム「 中央アジア・西アジア文書研究の最前線 --ハラム文書研究事始めによせて」
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] マムルーク朝時代エジプトのアラブ部族と灌漑の維持管理2022

    • Author(s)
      熊倉和歌子
    • Organizer
      日本中東学会年次大会
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report 2021 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] 中近世エジプトのアラブ部族に関する再考:水利社会、国家との関係から2021

    • Author(s)
      熊倉和歌子
    • Organizer
      地中海学会研究会
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Watha'iq al-Haram al-Qudsi al-Sharif wa Dirasat al-Tarikh al-Mali fil-'Usur al-Wusta2021

    • Author(s)
      Wakako Kumakura
    • Organizer
      Tarikh al-Quds min Khilal al-Makhututat
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Book] The Nile Delta: Histories from Antiquity to the Modern Period2024

    • Author(s)
      Katherine Blouin
    • Total Pages
      648
    • Publisher
      Cambridge University Press
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report

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Published: 2020-04-28   Modified: 2025-01-30  

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