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Ahmad Fanākatī or Banākatī ((ペルシア語:احمد فناکتی / احمد بناکتی); before 1242 - 1282) was a Persian〔 Muslim from Qara Khitai who was finance minister of Kublai Khan's Yuan dynasty. He became known as a chief administer under Kublai and is credited with successfully establishing the financial system of the Mongols. He was considered to be a "villainous minister" in dynastic histories because of his perceived corruption.〔 〕 ==Life & Career== Ahmad Fanākatī came from Fanākat (or Banākat), a town on the upper Syr Darya in Central Asia, under the rule of the Qara Khitai until they were conquered by the Mongol Empire.〔〔 〕 Ahmad obtained employment under Kublai through Empress Jamui Khatun, who had known him before her marriage. To her court he was originally attached but we find him already in high financial office in 1264.〔 〕 Trusted by Chabi Khatun, Kublai's favorite wife, Ahmad was entrusted with state finances in 1262. He was successful in managing the financial affairs of Northern China and brought huge tax revenues to Kublai's new government. In 1270, he assumed the full power of the new financial department known as the Department of State Affairs (Shangshu Sheng), which had equal status with the administrative department known as the Central Secretariat (Zhongshu Sheng). After the conquest of the Song dynasty in 1276, he entered the financial matters of Southern China. He prepared a state monopoly in salt, which came to account for a large portion of state income. In his 20-year term of office, he created his strong faction with his clan and Muslims from Central Asia. Ahmad's tax system gained a bad reputation from the Chinese because it was ruthlessly operated and considerably differed from traditional Chinese systems. Ahmad was reputed for his rapaciousness. He abused his position to gather riches for himself. Marco Polo recorded his name as "Bailo Acmat (Achmac)". and he mentions that Ahmad had 25 sons and accumulated great wealth. In 1271, the Department of State Affairs was absorbed into the Central Secretariat. While holding the financial affairs, he started intervening in state administration. It heightened tension with the rival faction that included Crown Prince Zhenjin, Antong, the head of the Central Secretariat and other Mongol aristocrats, and Chinese bureaucrats. The death of his political patron Chabi Khatun in 1281 made the situation critical; Ahmad was assassinated by Wang Zhu and Gao Heshang (Kao Ho-chang〔) in the next year and his faction fell from power. Although Ahmad's assassins were executed, after Kublai Khan heard all the complaints about Ahmad's corruption from his enemies, Kublai then ordered Ahmad's body to be taken from his tomb and desecrated by being eaten by dogs, and then using chariot wheels to smash the bones to pieces. Kublai also ordered Ahmad's sons to be put to death.〔Atwood, Christopher P. "Ahmad Fanakati." Encyclopedia of Mongolia and the Mongol Empire. New York: Facts On File, Inc., 2004. Ancient and Medieval History Online. Facts On File, Inc. https://web.archive.org/web/20140319014941/http://www.fofweb.com/History/HistRefMain.asp?iPin=EME005&SID=2&DatabaseName=Ancient+and+Medieval+History+Online&InputText=%22semuren%22&SearchStyle=&dTitle=Ahmad+Fanakati&TabRecordType=Biography&BioCountPass=2&SubCountPass=17&DocCountPass=0&ImgCountPass=0&MapCountPass=0&FedCountPass=&MedCountPass=0&NewsCountPass=0&RecPosition=2&AmericanData=&WomenData=&AFHCData=&IndianData=&WorldData=&AncientData=Set&GovernmentData= (accessed July 29, 2014).〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ahmad Fanakati」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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