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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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Note on Transliteration
- Abbreviations
- Maps
- CHAPTER ONE. Introduction
- CHAPTER TWO. The Origins of the 'Alid Shrine at Balkh
- CHAPTER THREE. Waqf in Its Political Setting
- CHAPTER FOUR. Balkh, 1599-1647: Appanage Politics and the Growth of the 'Alid Waqf
- CHAPTER FIVE. Balkh and the Shrine, 1651-1681
- CHAPTER SIX. The Evolution of the Shrine and Its Administration
- CHAPTER SEVEN. The Eclipse of the Appanage System: Balkh toward the End of the Seventeenth Century
- CHAPTER EIGHT. The Waqf Administration, 1668-1738
- CHAPTER NINE. The Nadirid Occupation of Balkh, 1737-1747
- CHAPTER TEN. The Consequences of Autonomy: The Emergence of a Shrine-State in the Century after 1747
- CHAPTER ELEVEN. Shrine-State to Provincial Capital: The Muhammadza'i Mandate in Balkh, 1849-1889
- CHAPTER TWELVE. Waqf under the Afghans
- CHAPTER THIRTEEN. Shrine-State to State Shrine
- CHAPTER FOURTEEN. Conclusions
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Index