Poverty and charity in Middle Eastern contexts / edited by Michael Bonner, Mine Ener, Amy Singer.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

University of Michigan. Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies.

Bonner, Michael, 1952-2019.

Ener, Mine, 1965-

Singer, Amy.

Series:

SUNY series in the social and economic history of the Middle East

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Poverty--Middle East--Congresses.

Poverty.

Charity--Middle East--Congresses.

Charity.

Islam--Charities--Congresses.

Islam.

Physical Description:

ix, 345 p. : ill.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, c2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Addresses the ideals and institutions through which Middle Eastern societies have confronted poverty and the poor.

Contents:

Intro

POVERTY AND CHARITY IN MIDDLE EASTERN CONTEXTS

Contents

List of Illustrations

Note to the Reader

Introduction

Part I: Entitlement and Obligation

1. Poverty and Charity in the Rise of Islam by Michael Bonner

2. Status-Based Definitions of Need in Early Islamic Zakat and Maintenance Laws by Ingrid Mattson

3. The Foreign Jewish Poor in Medieval Egypt by Mark R. Cohen

4. "Prices Are in God's Hands": The Theory and Practice of Price Control in the Medieval Islamic World by Adam Sabra

Part II: Institutions

5. The Functional Aspects of Medieval Islamic Hospitals by Yasser Tabbaa

6. Charity and Hospitality: Hospitals in the Ottoman Empire in the Early Modern Period by Miri Shefer

7. Charity, the Poor, and Distribution of Alms in Ottoman Algiers by Miriam Hoexter

Part III: The State as Benefactor

8. Living on the Margins of Charity: Coping with Poverty in an Ottoman Provincial City by Eyal Ginio

9. The Charity of the Khedive by Mine Ener

10. Imperial Gifts and Sultanic Legitimation during the Late Ottoman Empire, 1876-1909 by Nadir Özbek

Part IV: Changing Worlds

11. Al-Tahtawi on Poverty and Welfare by Juan R. I. Cole

12. Islam, Philanthropy, and Political Culture in Interwar Egypt: The Activism of Labiba Ahmad by Beth Baron

13. "The Child Question": The Politics of Child Welfare in Early Republican Turkey by Kathryn Libal

Part V: Welfare as Politics

14. Islamic Redistribution through Zakat: Historical Record and Modern Realities by Timur Kuran

15. Charity's Legacies: A Reconsideration of Ottoman Imperial Endowment-Making by Amy Singer

Conclusion by Natalie Zemon Davis

Contributors

Index

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SUNY series in the Social and Economic History.

Notes:

Based on papers presented at a conference held at the University of Michigan Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies in May 2000.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780791486764

0791486761

9781417531318

1417531312

OCLC:

56066787