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Waqf and Ottoman Welfare Policy

Waqf and Ottoman Welfare Policy WAQF AND OTTOMAN WELFARE POLICY The poor kitchen of Hasseki Sultan in eighteenth-century Jerusalem*) BY ODED PERI (Jerusalem) The use of waqf as an instrument of public policy has already won the attention of those engaged in the study of Ottoman social and economic history. Given the central role played by the Muslim waqf institution in the social and economic life of Ottoman pre-modern cities this can hardly be surprising. As no such thing as municipal authorities had ever existed in those cities, the waqf proved the most important (if not the only) means by which Ottoman sultans and senior state officials could provide their citizens with the most basic and essential public services. In the religious sphere, for example, the waqf was made responsible for the building and maintenance of mos- ques and other centers of worship, as well as for the upkeep of their clerical staff. In the field of education the waqf contributed much to the founding and operation of various types of cultural establishments and institutions of learning. Institutions of social welfare and poor- relief, such as hospitals, soup kitchens and diverse charity funds, were mainly financed by the waqf. Moreover, several important public http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient Brill

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Publisher
Brill
Copyright
© 1992 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
ISSN
0022-4995
eISSN
1568-5209
DOI
10.1163/156852092X00093
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Abstract

WAQF AND OTTOMAN WELFARE POLICY The poor kitchen of Hasseki Sultan in eighteenth-century Jerusalem*) BY ODED PERI (Jerusalem) The use of waqf as an instrument of public policy has already won the attention of those engaged in the study of Ottoman social and economic history. Given the central role played by the Muslim waqf institution in the social and economic life of Ottoman pre-modern cities this can hardly be surprising. As no such thing as municipal authorities had ever existed in those cities, the waqf proved the most important (if not the only) means by which Ottoman sultans and senior state officials could provide their citizens with the most basic and essential public services. In the religious sphere, for example, the waqf was made responsible for the building and maintenance of mos- ques and other centers of worship, as well as for the upkeep of their clerical staff. In the field of education the waqf contributed much to the founding and operation of various types of cultural establishments and institutions of learning. Institutions of social welfare and poor- relief, such as hospitals, soup kitchens and diverse charity funds, were mainly financed by the waqf. Moreover, several important public

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Journal of the Economic and Social History of the OrientBrill

Published: Jan 1, 1992

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