Waqfs and urban structures the case of Ottoman Damascus

Waqfs and urban structures the case of Ottoman Damascus

The author proposes in this study a new, integrative approach to the phenomenon of Muslim pious foundations, or "waqfs," The evolution of the institution is analysed from the perspective of the formation of power systems, which shaped both the elaboraton of the textual framework of the ins...

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Main Author: Leeuwen, Richard van
Format: Unknown
Published: Leiden Boston Brill 1999
Series:Studies in Islamic law and society, v. 11
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Waqf > History > Syria > Damascus
Waqf > History > Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918 > Turkey
City planning > History > Damascus > Syria
City planning > History > Islamic countries
Damascus (Syria) > History
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