Studies on the Khassa Institution of the Islamic Empires

• Project/Area Number: 24520807
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Asian history
• Research Institution: Tokyo Metropolitan University
• Principal Investigator: MAEDA HIROTAKE 首都大学東京, 人文科学研究科, 准教授 (90374701)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2016)
• Budget Amount: ¥5,330,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,230,000); Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000); Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000); Fiscal Year 2013: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000); Fiscal Year 2012: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
• Keywords: サファヴィー朝 / ハーッサ / 奴隷軍人 / コーカサス（カフカス） / グルジア（ジョージア） / 境域 / 王領地 / 家産帝国 / ゴラーム（グラーム） / イラン / コーカサス / 「国際研究者交流」 グルジア / 「国際研究者交流」 アメリカ / 「国際情報交換」アルメニア / 国際研究者交流 グルジア / 国際情報交換 アルメニア / イスラーム王権 / 国際研究者交流 / グルジア / 王権 / 奴隷 / アルメニア

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In this research the author paid a special attention to the activities of royal ghulam corps of the Safavid empire and its khassa policy. Islamic empires were traditionally active in relying on the human resources from 'the outer world' and the Safavid royal ghulams corps were introduced from the Caucasus region. At the same time each member of the corps preserved their identity and family traditions from their homes at the frontier. The khassa policy was a key for the Safavid royal authority to create more centralized state but its executors possessed a 'frontier' identity and this influenced the imperial policy in turn on the multi level. The study also called the need to deepen the knowledge on the involvements of various ethnic groups from the Caucasus with imperial authority.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Transcending Boundaries: When the Mamluk Legacy Meets a Family of Armeno-Georgian Interpreters (2016)
  • Author(s): Hirotake Maeda
  • Journal Title: Princeton Papers: Interdisciplinary Journal of Middle Eastern Studies Volume: 17 Pages: 63-86
  • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
• [Journal Article] 一七・一八世紀中東における｢奴隷｣の諸相 : 境界人としての｢奴隷｣エリート (2015)
  • Author(s): 前田弘毅
  • Journal Title: 歴史と地理 Volume: 684 Pages: 48-51
• [Journal Article] コーカサスを見る視点 (2014)
  • Author(s): 前田弘毅
  • Journal Title: ロシアNIS調査月報 Volume: 59-8 Pages: 12-21
• [Journal Article] フロンティアから，そして，またフロンティアへ (2014)
  • Author(s): 前田弘毅
  • Journal Title: 歴史学研究 Volume: 924 Pages: 165-173
• [Journal Article] ユーラシアのエアポケット (2014)
  • Author(s): 前田弘毅
  • Journal Title: ロシア・ユーラシアの経済と社会 Volume: 987 Pages: 38-50
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] ピエトロ・デッラ・ヴァッレの旅―17世紀イタリア人貴族の見た「イラン社会」― (2014)
  • Author(s): 前田弘毅
  • Journal Title: Ex Oriente Volume: 21 Pages: 33-60
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] 地中海の魅力とギリシャのユーロ離脱問題ボーダーヒストリーとして「Renegade Women」を読む (2012)
  • Author(s): 前田弘毅
  • Journal Title: JBpress (日本ビジネスプレス) http://jbpress.ismedia.jp/articles/-/35453 Volume: なし Pages: 1-4
• [Journal Article] 旧跡の宝庫・トルコ東部、知られざるキリスト教遺跡開発・観光・アイデンティティポリティックスの間で (2012)
  • Author(s): 前田弘毅
  • Journal Title: JBpress (日本ビジネスプレス) http://jbpress.ismedia.jp/articles/-/36324 Volume: なし Pages: 1-4
• [Presentation] Shah ‘Abbas’s Military Campaign towards Ossetia and Didav From Fazli’s Description (2017)
  • Author(s): Hirotake Maeda
  • Organizer: 2nd International Scientific Conference “History and Antiquities of the Highland of East Georgia
  • Place of Presentation: Hotel Gudauri Marco Polo
  • Year and Date: 2017-01-27
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Men of transformative: Caucasian converts at the Safavid court in the era of early-modern globalization (2016)
  • Author(s): Hirotake Maeda
  • Organizer: International Seminar The Other Europe: Eastern Europeans and Safavid Communities in Spain and Its Wider World. The State of the Art and Lines of Research
  • Place of Presentation: University of Alicante
  • Year and Date: 2016-11-10
  • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
• [Presentation] Baratashvilis' Activities in the Safavid Empire and its Historical Meanings (2016)
  • Author(s): Hirotake Maeda
  • Organizer: 7th International Symposium on Kartvelian Studies
  • Place of Presentation: Tbilisi State University
  • Year and Date: 2016-10-20
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Girogi Saakadze’s Revolt in 1625 and an Iranian Bureaucrat’s Perception (2015)
  • Author(s): Hirotake Maeda
  • Organizer: The First International Kartvelological Congress
  • Place of Presentation: Georgian Academy of Sciences (Georgia: Tbilisi)
  • Year and Date: 2015-11-11
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Georgian Kingdoms under the Hegemony of Safavid Iran in late 17th Century (2014)
  • Author(s): Hirotake Maeda
  • Organizer: International Conference The Middle East and Caucasus: History, Culture, Politics
  • Place of Presentation: Ilia State University (Tbilisi, Georgia)
  • Year and Date: 2014-12-19 – 2014-12-20
• [Presentation] サファヴィー朝統治体制における君主と軍事集団 (2014)
  • Author(s): 前田弘毅
  • Organizer: 九州史学会大会
  • Place of Presentation: 九州大学（福岡県福岡市）
  • Year and Date: 2014-12-14
• [Presentation] n the Strategic Importance of Van Province in the Safavid-Ottoman Conflicts (2014)
  • Author(s): Hirotake Maeda
  • Organizer: 3rd International Conference Tao-Klarjeti
  • Place of Presentation: Radisson Blu Iveria Hotel (Tbilisi, Georgia)
  • Year and Date: 2014-10-17 – 2014-10-21
• [Presentation] フロンティから、そしてまたフロンティアへ (2014)
  • Author(s): 前田弘毅
  • Organizer: 歴史学研究会大会
  • Place of Presentation: 駒澤大学（東京都世田谷区）
  • Year and Date: 2014-05-25
• [Presentation] Fresh Recruits from the Caucasus serving the “Persianate Empires (2014)
  • Author(s): Hirotake Maeda
  • Organizer: The Persianate World: A Conceptual Inquiry
  • Place of Presentation: Yale University (New Haven, USA)
  • Year and Date: 2014-05-09 – 2014-05-11
• [Presentation] ユーラシアのエアポケット (2014)
  • Author(s): 前田弘毅
  • Organizer: 緊急シンポジウム ウクライナ危機はなぜ？ 世界は変わるのか？
  • Place of Presentation: 立正大学（東京都品川区）
  • Year and Date: 2014-04-21
• [Presentation] New Information on Giorgi Saakadze’s Revolt from Fazli Khuzani’s Persian Chronicle
  • Author(s): Hirotake Maeda
  • Organizer: 2nd International Symposium Georgian Manuscripts
  • Place of Presentation: Lecture-hall, Georgian National Museum, Tbilisi, Georgia （グルジア）
• [Presentation] Western and Southern Georgia from Persian Perspective: From a Bibliographical References on Manuchar III Jaqeli, Atabagi of Samtskhe
  • Author(s): Hirotake Maeda
  • Organizer: 2nd International Conference Tao-Klarjeti
  • Place of Presentation: Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University
• [Presentation] Caucasians in the Imperial Spaces: The Safavid and Ottoman Experiences
  • Author(s): Hirotake Maeda
  • Organizer: Transforming Social Orders in Central Eurasia: History, Memory and Everyday Life
  • Place of Presentation: University of Tsukuba
• [Book] Constellations of the Caucasus: Empires, Peoples, and Faiths (2016)
  • Author(s): Michael A. Reynolds ed.
  • Total Pages: 277
  • Publisher: Princeton: Markus Wiener Publishing Inc
• [Book] 『ユーラシア世界1＜東＞と＜西＞』（前田弘毅「ツァーリとシャーに仕えたアルメニア人：「言葉の箱」と呼ばれた一族の活動から」） (2012)
  • Author(s): 塩川伸明・小松久男・沼野充義・宇山智彦編
  • Total Pages: 244
  • Publisher: 東京大学出版会
• [Book] Iran and the World in the Safavid Age(Hirotake Maeda, “Exploitation of the Frontier: The Caucasus Policy of Shah 'Abbas I) (2012)
  • Author(s): Willem Floor and Edmund Herzig (eds.)
  • Total Pages: 506
  • Publisher: I. B. Tauris