International Joint Research of Waqf

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25284141
• 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: The Toyo Bunko
• Principal Investigator: Miura Toru 公益財団法人東洋文庫, 研究部, 研究員 (00199952)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 守川 知子 北海道大学, 文学研究科, 准教授 (00431297) ; 永田 雄三 公益財団法人東洋文庫, 研究部, 研究員 (20014508) ; 林 佳世子 東京外国語大学, 総合国際学研究院, 教授 (30208615) ; 磯貝 健一 公益財団法人東洋文庫, 研究部, 研究員 (40351259) ; 大河原 知樹 公益財団法人東洋文庫, 研究部, 研究員 (60374980) ; 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): IGARASHI Daisuke 早稲田大学, 文学学術院, 准教授 (20508907) ; KISHIMOTO Mio (公財)東洋文庫, 研究部, 研究員 (80126135) ; OHTSUKI Yasuhiro 一橋大学, 経済研究科, 教授 (70223873) ; TAKAHASHI Kazuki 武蔵大学, 人文学部, 教授 (80300680)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 寄進 / ワクフ / 慈善 / 都市 / 比較史

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This research program has conducted a comparative study of waqf endowment,in collaboration with the CNRS International Research Program (GDRI) centered at Aix-Marseille University (headed by Professor Randi Deguilhem), holding the eight international workshops in Aix-en-Provence, Tunis, Birzeit (Palestine), Mascara (Algeria), New Oreans (USA), Ankara (Turkey) and Tokyo. This research clarifies the socio-economic role of waqf donation by cross-area comparisons among waqf, not only within the Middle East, but also to include Central Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia, and similar endowments in China and Japan. Our goal was to find and locate both regional features and historical changes of the waqf and similar donations within the sweep of human history, based on a common definition of the waqf, by analyzing historical materials of each region from comparative perspectives on topics such as purpose,management, profit and its distribution, transformation and abuse etc.

Free Research Field

イスラム史、中東地域研究