An introduction to religious foundations in the Ottoman Empire / / John Robert Barnes.
There has hitherto been no overview of the Islamic institution of vakif (pl. evkaf) from its beginnings until the present century - this book is intended to fill that gap. The author sets the scene by considering various views on the origins of vakif and the legal conditions which defined it. He the...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Leiden : : Brill,, 1987. |
| Year of Publication: | 1987 |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Language: | English |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 184 pages) |
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- I. The Legacy of Classical Islam
- - II. The Miri Land Regime and the Nature of Ottoman Evkaf
- - III. On the System of Icareteyn and Gedik
- - IV. Risale-i Koci Bey
- - V. The Foundations of Reform
- - VI. Government Takeover of Bektasi Property and That of All Dervish Orders
- - VII. The Manner of Provincial Evkaf Administration
- - VIII. The Decline of Religious Foundations under the Imperial Evkaf Ministry
- Conclusion.