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A Historical Study on the Cairo Cemeteries of the City of the Dead Using A Database

Research Project

Project/Area Number 13610421
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field Asian history
Research InstitutionKyushu University

Principal Investigator

OHTOSHI Tetsuya  Kyushu University, Graduate School of Humanities, Associate Prof., 大学院・人文科学研究院, 助教授 (10261687)

Project Period (FY) 2001 – 2003
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2003)
Budget Amount *help
¥2,700,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,700,000)
Fiscal Year 2003: ¥800,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000)
Fiscal Year 2002: ¥800,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000)
Fiscal Year 2001: ¥1,100,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000)
Keywordssaint / visit(ziyara) / the City of the Dead / sufism / Cairo / Cemetery / the Mamluks / 聖者崇敬
Research Abstract

First, after scrutinizing various studies and historical materials relating to the Egyptian City of the Dead, we copied some of them in the form of microfilm, especially those materials from the Egyptian National Library. Next, the databasing of buried individuals in the vast Egyptian City of the Dead was carried out. Data from descriptions of Ziyara Books (guidebooks for people visiting cemeteries). were databased in information sheets. The items recorded for each buried person included: name (including nisba, agnomen and nickname), sex, dates of birth and death, general information concerning his/her family, family lineage, physical features, occupation, places inhabited, intellectual background (lineage of the Hadith, law school, theological school, teachers and disciples, education, writings, sufism, tariqa, etc.), karama (miracle/virtue) stories of the dead, and information concerning the tomb (location, shape, material, history, customs, and the content of prayers). In spite of the difficulties involved, we were able to decipher the content of Ziyara texts, and determine the total number of persons whose burials were documented there in. We accumulate a considerable amount of data, and although the database is not complete, the foundation for future research has been laid. Third, from this material, we extracted the information exclusive to sufism, and analyzed as a case study. Through this, we elucidated the development of sufism and reilgious institutions in the Medieval Egyptian society. Fourth, tombs and their visiting circuit were field-surveyed. During this fieldwork, we gathered information from the current residents. In addition, through mapping the topography of cemeteries and analyzing the process of its transformation over the centuries, treatises were composed which present correlations between historical materials and the spatial composition of the cemeteries.

Report

(4 results)
  • 2003 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report Summary
  • 2002 Annual Research Report
  • 2001 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (23 results)

All Other

All Publications (23 results)

  • [Publications] Tetsuya Ohtoshi: "Conception of "Egypt" in the Pre-Modern Period : Preliminary Essay"Mediterranean World. 16. 15-33 (2001)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2003 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 大稔哲也: "イスラーム期エジプトにおけるコプト・キリスト教徒の参詣・巡礼"歴史学研究. 755. 178-187 (2001)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2003 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Tetsuya Ohtoshi: "Muslims and Copts as Reflected in the Ziyara Books and Qarafas"Islam in the Middle Eastern Studies : Muslims and Minorities, eds.A.Usuki & H.Kato, JCAS Symposium Series 7, International Area Studies Conference 4. 27-51 (2003)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2003 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 大稔哲也: "参詣書と死者の街からみたタサウウフ"史淵. 141. 29-81 (2004)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2003 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Tetsuya Ohtoshi: "Conception of "Egypt" in the Pre-Modern Period : Preliminary Essay"Mediterranean World. 16. 15-33 (2001)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2003 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 大稔哲也: "イスラーム期エジプトにおけるコプト・キリスト教徒の参詣・巡礼"歴史学研究. 755. 178-187 (2001)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2003 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Tetsuya Ohtoshi: "Muslims and Copts as Reflected in the Ziyara Books and Qarafas"Islam in the Middle Eastern Studies : Muslims and Minorities, eds.A.Usuki & H.Kato, JCAS Symposium Series 7, International Area Studies Conference 4. 27-51 (2003)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2003 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 大稔哲也: "参詣書と死者の街からみたタサウウフ"史淵. 141. 29-81 (2004)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2003 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] T.Ohtoshi: "Conception of Egypt in the Pre-Modern Period : Preliminary Essay"Mediterranean World. 16. 15-33 (2001)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2003 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] T.Ohtoshi: "Coptic Pilgrimages and Visits in Islamic Egypt"Journal of Historical Studies. 755. 178-187 (2001)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2003 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] T.Ohtoshi: "Muslims and Copts as Reflected in the Ziyara Books and Qarafas"Islam in the Middle Eastern Studies : Muslims and Minorities, (eds. A.Usuki & H.Kato) JCAS Symposium. Series 7, International Area Studies Conference 4, Osaka. 27-51 (2003)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2003 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] T.Ohtoshi: "Residents in Cairo Cemeteries A Fieldnote of the Egyptian City of the Dead"Chin to Rekishi (History and the Geography). 56-61 (2003)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2003 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] T.Ohtoshi: "Shien 141"Al-Tasawwuf as Reflected in the Ziyara Books and The City of the Dead. 29-81 (2004)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2003 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] T.Ohtoshi: "Le developpement du soufisme en Egypte al'poque mamelouke"Tasawwuf as Reflected in the Ziyara Books and Cairo Cemeteries(Eds. A.Sabra & R.McGregor, Cairo) (in press). (2004)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2003 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 大稔哲也: "参詣書と死者の街からみたタサウウフ"史淵. 141. 29-81 (2004)

    • Related Report
      2003 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] Tetsuya Ohtoshi: "al-Tasawwuf as Reflected in the Ziyara Books and Qarafas"Le developpement du soufisme en Egypte a l'epoque mamelouke. (in press). (2004)

    • Related Report
      2003 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 大稔哲也: "カイロの墓地居住者たち--エジプト・死者の街研究のフィールド・ノートから"歴史と地理. 569. 56-60 (2003)

    • Related Report
      2003 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] Tetsuya Ohtoshi: "Muslims and Copts as Reflected in the Ziyara Books and Qarafas"Islam in the Middle Eastern Studies : Muslims and Minorities (eds. A.Usuki & H.Kato). (未定). (2003)

    • Related Report
      2002 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 大稔哲也: "アラビア文字の世界"『文字をよむ』池田紘一・今西裕一郎編、九大出版会. 145-160 (2002)

    • Related Report
      2002 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 大稔哲也: "参詣書と死者の街からみたコプトとムスリム"史淵. 第138号. 1-32 (2001)

    • Related Report
      2001 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] Tetsuya Ohtoshi: "Conception of "Egypt" in the Pre-Modern Period"Mediterranean World. Vol.16. 15-33 (2001)

    • Related Report
      2001 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 大稔哲也: "イスラーム期エジプトにおけるコプト・キリスト教徒の参詣・巡礼"歴史学研究. 第755号. 178-187 (2001)

    • Related Report
      2001 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 大稔哲也: "カイロ一千年とエジプト五千年の歴史"週刊朝日百科・世界の100都市(カイロ). No.7. 6-9 (2002)

    • Related Report
      2001 Annual Research Report

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