2010 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Book and culture in Medieval Arab World : a philological study through Arabic manuscripts and archives

Research Project

Project/Area Number	20720190
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Research Field	Asian history
Research Institution	Konan University
Principal Investigator	NAKAMACHI Nobutaka Konan University, 文学部, 准教授 (70465384)
Project Period (FY)	2008 – 2010
Keywords	文献学 / 写本学 / ウラマー / アラブ中世史 / マムルーク朝 / エジプト / 国際研究者協力
Research Abstract	This study is focused on the social practice of the intellectuals ; Badr al-Din al-'Ayni and his contemporaries of the Mamluk Period, from Arabic manuscripts and archives. I acquired dozens of copies of unpublished manuscripts from libraries in England, Ireland, Tunisia and Egypt, and proceeded with surveying them and editing. I read a paper about the spread of Arabic manuscripts in the Ottoman Period. I published an article about the academic career of al-'Ayni thorough manuscripts and archives.