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Charity, Endowments, and Charitable Institutions in Medieval Islam

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Hardcover: 224 pages
Publisher: University Press of Florida; 1st edition (December 31, 2005)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0813028698
ISBN-13: 978-0813028699
Product Dimensions: 6.2 x 0.8 x 9.1 inches
Amazon Rank: 4119011
Format: PDF ePub djvu book

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In this first comparative treatment of charity and charitable institutions in Islam and Muslim societies of the Middle East, Yaacov Lev mines 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 t...

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