The Safavid State as an Early Modern Empire

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 23320149
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Asian history
• Research Institution: Tokyo University of Foreign Studies
• Principal Investigator: KONDO Nobuaki 東京外国語大学, アジア・アフリカ言語文化研究所, 准教授 (90274993)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): GOTO Yukako 関西学院大学, 文学部, 教授 (80351724) ; MORIKAWA Tomoko 北海道大学, 大学院文学研究科, 准教授 (00431297) ; YAMAGUCHI Akihiko 聖心女子大学, 文学部, 教授 ; MAEDA Hirotake 首都大学東京, 人文科学研究科(研究院), 准教授 (90374701)
• Project Period (FY): 2011-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 近世帝国 / シーア派 / ペルシア語 / トルコ・モンゴル / 国民国家

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study analyzed the Safavid State, which ruled over Iranian plateau from the 16th to the 18th century, as an early modern empire. Although the state was considered as the Iranian nation-state or the Turko-Mongol nomadic state, this study described the state as a multi-ethnic and multi-religious empire, which can be compared with the Ottoman and Mughal Empires. However, in terms of religion and language, one can also see the process of Shi'itization and Persinazation. Later, these two elements would be the core of the Iranian identity until today.

Free Research Field

西アジア史、イラン史