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Constructing Ottoman beneficence : an imperial soup kitchen in Jerusalem / Amy Singer.
Van Pelt Library BP170.25 .S56 2002
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Singer, Amy.
- Series:
- SUNY series in Near Eastern studies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Waqf--Jerusalem--History.
- Waqf.
- Endowments--Jerusalem--History.
- Endowments.
- History.
- Turkey--History--Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918.
- Turkey.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 240 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Albany : State University of New York Press, [2002]
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 "Devote the fruits to pious purposes" 15
- What is a waqf? 17
- The roots of waqf 22
- Why found a waqf? 25
- The Ottomans 32
- Chapter 2 A Bowl of Soup and a Loaf of Bread 39
- The written record 44
- Institutions of the endowment 46
- Endowed properties 48
- Personnel 54
- Soup 58
- Why Jerusalem? 65
- Chapter 3 Ladies Bountiful 71
- The conflated traditions: Hurrem-Helena 73
- Beneficence and women in Islamic history 81
- Early examples 81
- The Byzantine factor 83
- Turco-Mongol heritage 86
- The Ottomans 88
- The Gender of Beneficence 93
- Chapter 4 Serving Soup in Jerusalem 99
- A report from the imaret 99
- On management 104
- Tax arrears and firewood 108
- Food for all 112
- Building a bath 117
- Dealing in grain 121
- Adding to the endowment 125
- Chapter 5 Feeding Power 131
- Provisioning 132
- Istanbul and Topkapi Palace 133
- Provincial towns 136
- The army on campaign 138
- Janissaries 140
- Hajj caravans 140
- On the word imaret 143
- Pre-Ottoman precedents 145
- An Ottoman institution 152
- Conclusion: Practicing Beneficence 159.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-228) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0791453510
- 0791453529
- OCLC:
- 49284177
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