Constructing Ottoman beneficence : an imperial soup kitchen in Jerusalem / Amy Singer.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Singer, Amy
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Albany : State University of New York Press, 2002.
Series:	SUNY series in Near Eastern studies.
Subjects:	1288-1918 Waqf > Jerusalem > History. Endowments > Jerusalem > History. SOCIAL SCIENCE > Philanthropy & Charity. Endowments Waqf Turkey > History > Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918. Middle East > Jerusalem Turkey History
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Machine generated contents note: Note on Ottoman Turkish and Arabic Transliterations
Ch. 1 "Devote the fruits to pious purposes"
What is a waqf?
roots of waqf
Why found a waqf?
Ottomans
Ch. 2 Bowl of Soup and a Loaf of Bread
written record
Institutions of the endowment
Endowed properties
Personnel
Soup
Why Jerusalem?
Ch. 3 Ladies Bountiful
conflated traditions: Hurrem-Helena
Beneficence and women in Islamic history
Gender of Beneficence
Ch. 4 Serving Soup in Jerusalem
report from the 'imaret
On management
Getting started
Tax arrears and firewood
Food for all
Building a bath
Dealing in grain
Adding to the endowment
Ch. 5 Feeding Power
Provisioning
On the word 'imaret
Pre-Ottoman precedents
Ottoman institution
Conclusion: Practicing Beneficence.

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