Constructing Ottoman beneficence : an imperial soup kitchen in Jerusalem /

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Author / Creator:	Singer, Amy.
Imprint:	Albany : State University of New York Press, 2002.
Description:	1 online resource (xv, 240 pages) : illustrations, maps
Language:	English
Series:	SUNY series in Near Eastern studies SUNY series in Near Eastern studies.
Subject:	Waqf -- Jerusalem -- History. Endowments -- Jerusalem -- History. Endowments. Waqf. Turkey -- History -- Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918. Middle East -- Jerusalem. Turkey. Electronic books. History.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11126901

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ISBN:	0585471193 9780585471198 0791453510 9780791453513 0791453529 9780791453520 9780791488768 0791488764
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-228) and index. Print version record.
Summary:	Annotation. Those interested in women's roles as charitable patrons, the Ottomans, and the Islamic institution of waqf will find this study a welcome addition to the field. Singer (history, Tel Aviv U., Israel) provides a detailed, thoroughly documented history of the charitable soup kitchen in Jerusalem that was run by Hasseki Hurrem Sultan, wife of Suleyman I. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.
Other form:	Print version: Singer, Amy. Constructing Ottoman beneficence. Albany : State University of New York Press, 2002 0791453510 0791453529

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