%0 Journal Article
%T La question des parcs de chasse ¨¤ l¡¯¨¦poque abbasside : le cas embl¨¦matique de Samarra¡¯ The question of hunting parks in the Abbasid period: the case of Samarra
%A Chlo¨¦ Capel
%J Revue des Mondes Musulmans et de la M¨¦diterran¨¦e
%D 2012
%I Universit¨¦ de Provence
%R 10.4000/remmm.7456
%X En d¨¦pit de la somme consid¨¦rable d¡¯informations apport¨¦es par la litt¨¦rature m¨¦di¨¦vale et par les recherches arch¨¦ologiques, la ville califale de Samarra¡¯ soul¨¨ve encore de nombreuses interrogations. Parmi les structures les plus discut¨¦es de cet immense site figurent quatre vastes enclos dont la fonction reste inconnue. L¡¯hypoth¨¨se des parcs de chasse est convaincante mais se doit, pour ¨ºtre valid¨¦e ou infirm¨¦e, d¡¯¨ºtre confront¨¦e ¨¤ une analyse plus approfondie de la pratique de la chasse en enclos dans les premiers si¨¨cles de l¡¯Islam. Cette ¨¦tude tente, au-del¨¤ du mythe construit par l¡¯historiographie, de recenser et caract¨¦riser les parcs de chasse dans le monde islamique afin d¡¯en tirer des pistes d¡¯identification pour les enclos de Samarra¡¯. Les premi¨¨res conclusions m¨¨neraient d¡¯une part ¨¤ remettre en cause l¡¯existence r¨¦pandue, aupr¨¨s des ¨¦lites islamis¨¦es de l¡¯¨¦poque abbasside, de parcs destin¨¦s aux activit¨¦s cyn¨¦g¨¦tiques et d¡¯autre part ¨¤ consid¨¦rer les enclos de Samarra¡¯ comme des structures ¨¤ destinations multiples, dont la chasse ne repr¨¦senterait qu¡¯une activit¨¦ occasionnelle ou saisonni¨¨re. In spite of the sizeable quantity of information collected from the medieval literature and the archaeological investigations, the caliphal city of Samarra¡¯ still brings up many questions. Four large enclosures whose function remains unknown are among the most enigmatic structures of this huge site. Considering them as hunting parks is convincing, but does this hypothesis survive a confrontation with a thorough survey of the hunt in the context of an enclosed area, in the first centuries of Islam? As a consequence, this study attemps to take an inventory and main features of hunting parks in the Islamic world as a means to get some clues for characterizing the Samarran enclosures, far beyond the hunting park myth which emerges from the historiography. The first conclusions, on the one hand, would suggest serious doubts about the common existence of parks dedicated to hunting activities among the Islamic elite, and would suggest, on the other hand, multiple uses of the Samarran structures, where hunting practices would be only limited or seasonal.
%K hunt
%K park
%K enclosure
%K preserve
%K paradeisoi
%K Samarra¡¯
%K Bizerte
%K Taq-e Bostan
%K Bisutun
%K Baghdad
%K chasse
%K parc
%K enclos
%K r¨¦serve
%K paradeisoi
%K Samarra¡¯
%K Bizerte
%K Taq-e Bostan
%K Bisutun
%K Baghdad
%U http://remmm.revues.org/7456