Held in trust : Waqf in the Islamic world /
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| Imprint: | Cairo : American University in Cairo Press, 2011. |
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| Description: | ix, 229 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8550381 |
Table of Contents:
- Contributors
- Introduction: Pious Foundations: From Here to Eternity?
- 1. Dervishes, Waqfs, and Conquest: Notes on Early Ottoman Expansion in Thrace
- 2. Piety and Profit: The Haramayn Endowments in Egypt (1517-1814)
- 3. The Sadir al-Fuqaha' wa-l-Fuqara' Endowment (Salah al-Din al-Ayyubi) in Alexandria during the Eighteenth Century
- 4. Control of Urban Waqfs in al-Salt, Transjordan
- 5. Zawiyat Sidi al-Ghazi: Survival of a Traditional Religious Institution
- 6. Guild Waqf: Between Religious Law and Common Law
- 7. Waqfs of Cyrenaica and Italian Colonialism in Libya (1911-41)
- 8. The Waqf System: Maintenance, Repair, and Upkeep
- 9. The Role of Waqf in Shaping and Preserving Urban Areas: The Historical Commercial Center of Adana
- Conclusion: Ottoman Waqfs as Acts of Citizenship
