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Study on Modernization in Ottoman

Research Project

Project/Area Number 13610430
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

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

Principal Investigator

SHIDARA Kunihiro  Rikkyo University, Department of History, Professor, 文学部, 教授 (10247182)

Project Period (FY) 2001 – 2004
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2004)
Budget Amount *help
¥3,200,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,200,000)
Fiscal Year 2004: ¥500,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000)
Fiscal Year 2003: ¥700,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000)
Fiscal Year 2002: ¥800,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000)
Fiscal Year 2001: ¥1,200,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000)
KeywordsAbdulhamid II / Ottoman Empire / Hidjaz Railway / Modernization] / Islam / イスラム主義 / アブドゥルハミド2 / オスマン主義
Research Abstract

This study explores the modernization movements in the Ottoman Empire, using various source materials preserved in the Ottoman archives in Istanbul and other places.
In the Ottoman Empire, modernization movements were in one sense attempts at westernization. They began towards the end of the 16 century, when the Ottoman sultan Selim III, who succeed to the throne in 1789, launched the first reform movements in the Ottoman Empire, named Nizam-i Cedit. The subsequent reform movements, however, were almost unsuccessful, blocked by such protesting forces as the Janissary. After the abolition of the Janissary, serious westernization movements began with the Tanzimat Reform in 1839, about the time when the Western Powers began to colonize the Ottoman Empire ; therefore, the Ottoman reform movements were difficult to continue. Next, during the 1860s, when the Young Ottomans attempted to establish a constitutional government, the sultan Murad V, enthroned in 1876 following the coup d'etat prepared for this purpose by Mithat Pasha and the Grand Vezir, stayed on the throne for only 90 days.
After this incident the succeeding sultan Abdulhamid II (1876-1909) established the constitutional regime, but the regime continued for only 2 years (December 1876 to February 1878). Though generally regarded as a despotic ruler following the idea of pan-Islamism, his political ideas were in fact based on modernization and westernization, as in the case of the Hidjaz Railway constructed according to his policy against British colonization endeavors.
This study shows that the sultan Abdulhamid II was not a pan-Islamist, but was a ruler pursuing his policies toward modernization and westernization

Report

(5 results)
  • 2004 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report Summary
  • 2003 Annual Research Report
  • 2002 Annual Research Report
  • 2001 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (5 results)

All 2004 2002 Other

All Journal Article (4 results) Publications (1 results)

  • [Journal Article] 第二次立憲体制期の政治動向2004

    • Author(s)
      設樂 國廣
    • Journal Title

      史苑 65巻1号

      Pages: 82-106

    • NAID

      110001009189

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2004 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] The Ottoman Second Constitutional regime2004

    • Author(s)
      SHIDARA Kunihiro
    • Journal Title

      Shi'en Vol.65. No.1

      Pages: 82-106

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2004 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] オスマン帝国からトルコ共和国2002

    • Author(s)
      設樂 國廣
    • Journal Title

      史友 21巻2号

      Pages: 1-8

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2004 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] From the Ottoman Empire to the Republic of Turkey2002

    • Author(s)
      SHIDARA Kunihiro
    • Journal Title

      Shiyuu Vol.21, No.2

      Pages: 1-8

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2004 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 設樂 國廣: "オスマン帝国からトルコ共和国"史友(青山学院大学史学会). 第34号. 1-8 (2002)

    • Related Report
      2002 Annual Research Report

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Published: 2001-04-01   Modified: 2016-04-21  

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