NJË VËSHTRIM I PËRGJITHSHËM I KONTRIBUTIT TË VAKËFEVE TE MEDRESETË NË SHQIPËRI GJATË PERIUDHËS OSMANE
A GENERAL VIEW OF THE CONTRIBUTION OF WAFQS TO THE MADRASAH’S IN ALBANIA DURING THE OTTOMAN RULE

Summary/Abstract: As the main educational institutions of the time, the Madrasah’s were very spread in Albania as well as in the other parts of the Ottoman Empire. Thus, we can testify their presence in the most developed Albanian towns such Berat, Gjirokastra, Shkodra, Elbasan etc. where were taught many sciences by eminent professors. In these educational institutions we find students and teachers who came from different areas of the Balkans, an aspect which points out the quality and the high educational level of these institutions. The maintenance of madrasah’s and their operation in general was closely linked to the economic factors, which were very crucial in the functioning of them. This important aspect makes evident another important institution of Islamic and Ottoman history, waqf. Waqfs were pious endowments founded by people or groups and gave their contribution in several areas, including education. In this context, starting from the early days of the Ottoman Empire until the second half of XIXth century, all education institutions and the people who served here were financed by these philanthropic objects. This important aspect can be traced easily in the madrasah’s which operated in several Albanian towns during the ottoman period.

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