IZVORI FINANSIRANJA VAKUFSKOG SIROTIŠTA U SARAJEVU DO KRAJA AUSTROUGARSKE UPRAVE
FORMS OF FINANCING THE WAQF ORPHANAGE IN SARAJEVO UNTIL THE END OF THE AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN ADMINISTRATION

Summary/Abstract: The waqf orphanage in Sarajevo was founded in 1911 and began operating in 1913, when the first orphans moved in. This project of the waqf-mearif administration aimed at humanitarian care and care for orphans and poor Muslim children. From the very beginning, the provincial government supported the initiative to establish such an institution. Her financial donations from religious and educational subsidies enabled the uninterrupted work of the orphanage. Both, state and local authorities have financially supported the orphanage. The city governments included regular annual allocations for the orphanage in their budgets, expressing their support for the humanitarian activities of the waqfmearif administration. The first municipality to promise this subvention was Rogatica and set aside 500 crowns for that purpose. In addition to government donations and regular endowment revenues, the orphanage had its own fund. The population of Bosnia and Herzegovina paid voluntary contributions to it, so that by the end of the First World War, over one hundred thousand crowns were paid. The Waqf administration appeared to collect aid for the orphanage during various ceremonies, such as mawlids, parties, weddings and other gatherings. They especially tried to invite Muslims to show their mercy and donate money to the orphanage fund during holidays, such as Eid. In addition to financial contributions, sacrificial animal skins were collected throughout Bosnia and Herzegovina and donated to the orphanage. In some cases, they were still sold and the money earned was sent to Sarajevo. Such collection actions were led by waqf-mearif commissions or prominent individuals. The financing of the waqf orphanage was therefore done from different sources and in different ways, which enabled this institution to perform its function unhindered.

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