Formation and development of the Persian bookkeeping system in the Muslim states

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25284132
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Partial Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: History of Asia and Africa
• Research Institution: Tokyo University of Foreign Studies
• Principal Investigator: Takamatsu Yoichi 東京外国語大学, アジア・アフリカ言語文化研究所, 准教授 (90376822)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 近藤 信彰 東京外国語大学, アジア・アフリカ言語文化研究所, 教授 (90274993)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): SAITO Kumiko 東京外国語大学, アジア・アフリカ言語文化研究所, 研究員 (90432046)
• Research Collaborator: ABE Naofumi 東京大学, 中東地域研究センター, 特任助教 ; KUMAKURA Wakako 早稲田大学, イスラーム地域研究機構, 研究助手 ; SHIMIZU Yasuhisa アンカラ大学, 言語歴史地理学部, 研究員 ; WATABE Ryoko 東京大学, 文学部, 非常勤講師
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 史料研究 / 簿記術 / イスラーム史 / 中東 / 国際研究者交流

Outline of Final Research Achievements

1) A critical edition and annoted Japanese translation of chapters on accounting techniques from Ghiyath al-Din Kirmani’s Persian manuscripts of the treatise on accountancy in the early Safavid period (mid-16th century).
2) International workshop on “Armenian and Persian Bookkeeping Systems: A Comparison” (TUFS, 23 March 2014).
3) Participation in the III. International Conference on Luca Pacioli in Accounting History, III. Balkans and Middle East Countries Conference on Accounting and Accounting History (Istanbul, 18-22 June 2013) and “International conference and Summer course: Reading Siyaq! The secret script of Iranian Chanceries” at the Philipps-Universitat Marburg (19-23 August 2013).

Free Research Field

アジア・アフリカ史