Waqf in Central Asia : : Four Hundred Years in the History of a Muslim Shrine, 1480-1889 / / R. D. McChesney.
Waqfs, or religious endowments, have long been at the very center of daily Islamic life, establishing religious, cultural, and welfare institutions and serving as a legal means to keep family property intact through several generations. In this book R. D. McChesney focuses on the major Muslim shrine...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Backlist (2000-2014) eBook Package |
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Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2014] ©1991 |
Year of Publication: | 2014 |
Edition: | Course Book |
Language: | English |
Series: | Princeton Legacy Library ;
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (380 p.) |
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