2012 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Social History of Waqf Economy: Study of the Waqf Survey Registers of Damascus Province in the 16th Century
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22520712
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Asian history
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| Research Institution | Ochanomizu University |
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Principal Investigator |
MIURA Toru お茶の水女子大学, 大学院・人間文化創成科学研究科, 教授 (00199952)
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| Research Collaborator |
SHIMIZU Yasuhisa 東京外国語大学, 非常勤講師
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| Project Period (FY) |
2010 – 2012
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| Keywords | ワクフ / 寄進 / 都市 / 慈善 / イスラーム / 経済史 |
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| Research Abstract |
This project studied the waqf survey registers of Damascus Province under the Ottoman rule in the sixteenth century and made a database of waqf donation deeds (1,343 documents) and 6,478 donated properties. It clarifies the three points. (1) The purpose of donationis to preserve private properties for the donor’s family as well as for the charitable use. (2) Waqf donation prevailed among ordinary people who donated one or two properties. (3) Agricultural properties occupied more than 80% of the total and were used for managing religious institutions in the cities.
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