Constructing Ottoman Beneficence
An Imperial Soup Kitchen in Jerusalem
1st Edition
Published on 1. February 2012
240 pages
978-0-7914-8876-8 (ISBN)
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Presents the political, social, and cultural context behind Ottoman charity.
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Amy Singer teaches in the Department of Middle Eastern and African History, Tel Aviv University. She is the author of Palestinian Peasants and Ottoman Officials: Rural Administration Around Sixteenth-Century Jerusalem.
Content
List of Maps and Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Note on Ottoman Turkish and Arabic Transliterations
Introduction 1. "Devote the fruits to pious purposes" What is a waqf?
The roots of waqf
Why found a waqf?
The Ottomans
2. A Bowl of Soup and a Loaf of Bread The written record
Institutions of the endowment
Endowed properties
Personnel
Soup
Why Jerusalem?
3. Ladies Bountiful
The conflated traditions: Hurrem-Helena
Beneficence and women in Islamic history
Early examples
The Byzantine factor
Turco-Mongol heritage
The Ottomans The Gender of Beneficence
4. Serving Soup in Jerusalem
A report from the 'imaret
On management
Getting started
Tax arrears and firewood
Food for all
Building a bath
Dealing in grain
Adding to the endowment
5. Feeding Power Provisioning
Istanbul and Topkapi Palace
Provincial towns
The army on campaign
Janissaries
Hajj caravans
On the word 'imaret
Pre-Ottoman precedents
An Ottoman institution
Conclusion: Practicing Beneficence
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Note on Ottoman Turkish and Arabic Transliterations
Introduction 1. "Devote the fruits to pious purposes" What is a waqf?
The roots of waqf
Why found a waqf?
The Ottomans
2. A Bowl of Soup and a Loaf of Bread The written record
Institutions of the endowment
Endowed properties
Personnel
Soup
Why Jerusalem?
3. Ladies Bountiful
The conflated traditions: Hurrem-Helena
Beneficence and women in Islamic history
Early examples
The Byzantine factor
Turco-Mongol heritage
The Ottomans The Gender of Beneficence
4. Serving Soup in Jerusalem
A report from the 'imaret
On management
Getting started
Tax arrears and firewood
Food for all
Building a bath
Dealing in grain
Adding to the endowment
5. Feeding Power Provisioning
Istanbul and Topkapi Palace
Provincial towns
The army on campaign
Janissaries
Hajj caravans
On the word 'imaret
Pre-Ottoman precedents
An Ottoman institution
Conclusion: Practicing Beneficence
Notes
Bibliography
Index
