Investigative Research on Ahmad Sirhindi and Mujaddidiyya

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25300023
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Partial Multi-year Fund
• Section: 海外学術
• Research Field: Religious studies
• Research Institution: Naragakuen University
• Principal Investigator: KAWAMOTO Masatomo 奈良学園大学, ビジネス学部, 教授 (30192553)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): KAWAHARA Yayoi 東京大学, 大学院人文社会系研究科(文学部), 研究員 (90533951) ; YAJIMA Yoichi 奈良女子大学, 人文科学系, 准教授 (60410990) ; NAKANISHI Tatsuya 京都大学, 白眉センター, 特定助教 (40636784) ; TONAGA Yasushi 京都大学, アジア・アフリカ地域研究研究科, 教授 (70217462) ; IMAMATSU Yasushi 京都大学, アジア・アフリカ地域研究研究科, 客員准教授 (80598938) ; MASHITA Hiroyuki 神戸大学, 人文学研究科, 准教授 (70303899)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: スーフィズム / スーフィー教団 / ナクシュバンディー教団 / アフマド・スィルヒンディー / ムジャッディディーヤ / マウラーナー・ハーリド・バグダーディー / ハーリディーヤ / フェルガナ盆地

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The ideas of the prominent Indian scholar Ahmad Sirhindi (1564-1624) and the activities of numerous religious groups led by his followers known as Mujaddidiyya have had a great influence on Islamic communities in various regions since the 17th century by providing foundations for Islamic revolutionary ideology and giving rise to Islamic revolutionary movements. Within the framework of this research, the author has visited India, Turkey,Uzbekistan and the north-western regions of China to collect extant local primary sources necessary for studying the life and thoughts of Ahmad Sirhindi and, at the same time, to conduct field research on the Mujaddidiyya groups still active in these regions, which led to clarifying each group’s specific features as a religious organization and specific social forms they take in different localities, thus laying a general basis for studies aimed at a better understanding of the Mujaddidiyya.

Free Research Field

スーフィズムとスーフィー教団