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Charity, Endowments, and Charitable Institutions in Medieval Islam
Yaacov Lev
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Description for Charity, Endowments, and Charitable Institutions in Medieval Islam
Hardback. Provides a comparative treatment of charity and charitable institutions in Islam and Muslim societies of the Middle East. This book, while focusing on medieval Islam, is set in a wider framework with many references to both Jewish and Christian parallels. It examines a variety of primary sources, including Arabic chronicles, waqf deeds, and more. Num Pages: 256 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 159 x 20. Weight in Grams: 464.
In this first comparative treatment of charity and charitable institutions in Islam and Muslim societies of the Middle East, Yaacov Lev examines a variety of primary sources, including Arabic chronicles, dictionaries, waqf (pious endowment) deeds, and epigraphic evidence. The book is not only broad in scope, covering a range of periods in medieval Islam - including the Fatimids, Abbasids, Ayyubids, and the early Ottoman period - but is also relevant to a range of issues and institutions, such as statecraft and political authority, urban society, law, education, health care, and gender. Charity is deeply embedded in the religious thought and ... Read more
In this first comparative treatment of charity and charitable institutions in Islam and Muslim societies of the Middle East, Yaacov Lev examines a variety of primary sources, including Arabic chronicles, dictionaries, waqf (pious endowment) deeds, and epigraphic evidence. The book is not only broad in scope, covering a range of periods in medieval Islam - including the Fatimids, Abbasids, Ayyubids, and the early Ottoman period - but is also relevant to a range of issues and institutions, such as statecraft and political authority, urban society, law, education, health care, and gender. Charity is deeply embedded in the religious thought and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University Press of Florida United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Florida, United States
ISBN
9780813028699
SKU
V9780813028699
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About Yaacov Lev
Yaacov Lev is associate professor of Islamic medieval history at Bar-Ilan University. He is the author of Saladin in Egypt and editor of War and Society in the Eastern Mediterranean, 7th to 15th Centuries.
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