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Held in Trust: Waqf in the Islamic World
Pascale Ghazaleh (Ed.)
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Description for Held in Trust: Waqf in the Islamic World
Hardback. Editor(s): Ghazaleh, Pascale. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations, maps, figures. BIC Classification: HRHP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 615.
Waqfs (pious endowments) long held a crucial place in the political, economic, and social life of the Islamic world. Waqfs were major sources of education, health care, and employment; they shaped the city and contributed to the upkeep of religious edifices. They constituted a major resource, and their status was at stake in repeated struggles to impose competing definitions of legitimacy and community. Closer examination of the diverse legal, institutional, and practical aspects of waqfs in different regions and communities is necessary to a deeper understanding of their dynamism and resilience. This volume, which evolved from papers delivered at the ... Read more
Waqfs (pious endowments) long held a crucial place in the political, economic, and social life of the Islamic world. Waqfs were major sources of education, health care, and employment; they shaped the city and contributed to the upkeep of religious edifices. They constituted a major resource, and their status was at stake in repeated struggles to impose competing definitions of legitimacy and community. Closer examination of the diverse legal, institutional, and practical aspects of waqfs in different regions and communities is necessary to a deeper understanding of their dynamism and resilience. This volume, which evolved from papers delivered at the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
The American University in Cairo Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
Cairo, Egypt
ISBN
9789774163937
SKU
V9789774163937
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About Pascale Ghazaleh (Ed.)
Pascale Ghazaleh is assistant professor of history at the American University in Cairo. She received her Ph.D. from the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales.
Reviews for Held in Trust: Waqf in the Islamic World
An excellent addition to the extensive literature on waqfs, . . . one can wholeheartedly endorse this volume. Both in the particular histories it provides and general reflections on the meanings and potential for this scholarship, it makes a coherent and thoughtful contribution.
Journal of Islamic Studies
Journal of Islamic Studies