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2022 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Study of the Afghan arms trade network in the frontier zone of Southwest Asia during the early 20th century

Research Project

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Project/Area Number 19K13381
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Review Section Basic Section 03030:History of Asia and Africa-related
Research InstitutionRitsumeikan University (2021-2022)
The Toyo Bunko (2019-2020)

Principal Investigator

Ozawa Ichiro  立命館大学, 文学部, 准教授 (50817210)

Project Period (FY) 2019-04-01 – 2023-03-31
Keywordsアフガン人 / 武器交易 / バルーチ人 / イギリス帝国 / ガージャール朝
Outline of Final Research Achievements

The focus of this research project is the arms trade conducted by the Afghans during the late 19th and early 20th centuries in southwestern Eurasia and the adjacent maritime region. The project yields three main findings: 1) The Afghans maintained their identity as mobile traders with nomadic roots in their trade activities; 2) The Afghans' engagement in trade was facilitated by the intersection of their network with various groups in southwestern Eurasia, leading to their expansion into maritime trade through collaboration with the Baluchs; 3) Britain responded to the Afghans' arms trade by severing their connections with other groups, thereby terminating their activities and expediting the marginalization of southwest Eurasia among nations such as Iran, India (Pakistan), and Afghanistan.

Free Research Field

西・南アジア史

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究は陸海に渡るアフガン人の交易活動の実態を明らかにすることで、従来必ずしも統一的な視点の下で理解されてこなかったユーラシア大陸の陸上交易とインド洋海域の海上交易を接続する効果を持つ。また、ユーラシア大陸西南部において多様な集団が自身のネットワークが互いに接続させながら交易活動を展開していたことからは、これまでの研究であまり注目されてこなかったフロンティアとしてのユーラシア大陸西南部の歴史的重要性が明らかになる。さらに、イギリスの交易規制によるアフガン人の活動の終結は、近代の到来によってこの地域が周縁化し、現在のように周辺国家にとっての「辺境」と化していく過程を示しているといえる。

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Published: 2024-01-30  

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