The Idea of Iran Reconsidered: Local Dynasties in the Late Ilkhanid Period and Memories of Pre-Islamic Persia

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26884016
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Research Field: History of Asia and Africa
• Research Institution: The University of Tokyo
• Principal Investigator: OTSUKA OSAMU 東京大学, 人文社会系研究科, 助教 (00733007)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-08-29 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: イラン / イルハーン朝 / ハザーラスプ朝 / ハムド・アッラー・ムスタウフィー / ペルシア語文化圏 / 写本研究 / 歴史叙述研究

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In this research project, through the investigation of Persian literature flowered under the patronage of local Iranian dynasties in the late Ilkhanid period (1256-1357), I evaluated its influence on the political reanimation of the idea of Iran. It was found that although Hazaraspids, one of the local Iranian dynasties, accepted the suzerainty of the Mongol Ilkhanid dynasty, justified its local power by emphasizing its character as a local Iranian dynasty and patronized Iranian cultural activities for this purpose. Previous studies tend to focus only on the influence of the Ilkhanid dynasty on the political reanimation of the Idea of Iran. However, it became clear that local Iranian dynasties also had significant influence.

Free Research Field

人文学