THE OTTOMAN WAQF ADMINISTRATION IN THE 19TH AND EARLY-20TH CENTURIES: CONTINUITIES AND DISCONTINUITIES
THE OTTOMAN WAQF ADMINISTRATION IN THE 19TH AND EARLY-20TH CENTURIES: CONTINUITIES AND DISCONTINUITIES
Author(s): Ahmed AkgündüzSubject(s): Governance, Political history, Recent History (1900 till today), Islam studies, 19th Century, The Ottoman Empire
Published by: Akadémiai Kiadó
Keywords: nezaret; mütevelli; velayet; Islamic foundations; naẓir; inspector; Nezaret-i Evkaf; Ottoman State; vakıf organisation;
Summary/Abstract: The subject matter of this paper is the organisation, classification and inspection of religious foundations in the Ottoman State. First, an overview is given of some of the evkaf organisations in general, then the organisation of evkaf in the Ottoman State will be scrutinised in detail before and after the establishment of the Ministry of Foundations (a private ministry for evkaf administration) in 1242/1826. Finally, detailed information will be given about the types of foundations in the 19th century with a cursory glance at the republican period of Turkey.
Journal: Acta Orientalia Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae
- Issue Year: 64/2011
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 71-87
- Page Count: 17
- Language: English
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