The role of the vaqf in the Ottoman Empire, as in the whole Islamic world, was quite significant, especially in a period marked by the founding of new oriental settlements. The first endowers in the newly-conquered lands were sultans, begs and prominent government officials. Affluent citizens also took part in endowing their cities, and women are known to have been among them. The aim of the paper, based on Ottoman sources, is to shed light on the participation of Muslim women in this kind of humanitarian and lucrative activity using the example of the Sanjak of Kruševac (Alaca Hisâr) in the sixteenth century.
Keywords:
vaqf / women vaqfs / Sanjak of Kruševac (Alaca Hisâr) / Ottoman Empire / sixteenth century
Source:
Balcanica, 2009, XL, 43-55
Publisher:
Belgrade : Institute for Balkan Studies, Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts
TY - JOUR
AU - Amedoski, Dragana
PY - 2009
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AB - The role of the vaqf in the Ottoman Empire, as in the whole Islamic world, was quite significant, especially in a period marked by the founding of new oriental settlements. The first endowers in the newly-conquered lands were sultans, begs and prominent government officials. Affluent citizens also took part in endowing their cities, and women are known to have been among them. The aim of the paper, based on Ottoman sources, is to shed light on the participation of Muslim women in this kind of humanitarian and lucrative activity using the example of the Sanjak of Kruševac (Alaca Hisâr) in the sixteenth century.
PB - Belgrade : Institute for Balkan Studies, Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts
T2 - Balcanica
T1 - Women Vaqfs in the Sixteenth-century Sanjak of Kruševac (Alaca Hisâr)
SP - 43
EP - 55
IS - XL
DO - 10.2298/BALC0940043A
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Amedoski D. Women Vaqfs in the Sixteenth-century Sanjak of Kruševac (Alaca Hisâr). Balcanica. 2009;(XL):43-55
,& Amedoski, D. (2009). Women Vaqfs in the Sixteenth-century Sanjak of Kruševac (Alaca Hisâr).
BalcanicaBelgrade : Institute for Balkan Studies, Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts., null(XL), 43-55.
https://doi.org/10.2298/BALC0940043A
Amedoski Dragana, "Women Vaqfs in the Sixteenth-century Sanjak of Kruševac (Alaca Hisâr)" null, no. XL (2009):43-55,
https://doi.org/10.2298/BALC0940043A .
