2013 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
The Migration and Acculturation of Islamic People in South China Sea and Southeast Asian Archipelago between the 12th and 16th centuries
| Project/Area Number |
23720345
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Research Field |
Asian history
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| Research Institution | Doshisha University (2013)
Osaka University (2011-2012) |
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Principal Investigator |
MUKAI Masaki 同志社大学, グローバル地域文化学部, 准教授 (10551939)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2011 – 2013
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| Keywords | ディアスポラ / イスラーム / 移動 / 文化変容 / 海域史 |
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| Research Abstract |
This research project undertook the field researches at Islamic sites in the coastal region of China and Southeast Asian Archipelago and comparative analysis on the Islamic inscriptions, mainly on the Arabic tombstones remained in these sites. This study explored interlink among Islamic communities having been emerged as a result of hybridization and cultural exchange between Arab-Persian immigrants and natives in various societies connected by the seaborne trade.
Through the researches on periodic and geographic data obtained from the texts of the Islamic inscriptions from the region, together with comprehensive research on relating Chinese documents and Arabic and Persian manuscripts, this study discovered the linkages and relations among the Islamic communities dispersed in wide areas covering South China Sea and Southeast Asian Archipelago around the 12th-16th centuries.
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Research Products
(12 results)
