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Constructing Ottoman Beneficence: An Imperial Soup Kitchen in Jerusalem, Ottoman charitable endowments (waqf) constituted an enduring monument to imperial beneficence and were important instruments of policy. One type of endowment, the public soup kitchen (>imaret) served travelers, pious mystics, and local indigents alike., Constructing Ottoman Beneficence: An Imperial Soup Kitchen in Jerusalem
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  • Constructing Ottoman Beneficence: An Imperial Soup Kitchen in Jerusalem
  • Written by author Amy Singer
  • Published by State University of New York Press, 9/18/2009
  • Ottoman charitable endowments (waqf) constituted an enduring monument to imperial beneficence and were important instruments of policy. One type of endowment, the public soup kitchen (>imaret) served travelers, pious mystics, and local indigents alike.
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List of Maps and Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Note on Ottoman Turkish and Arabic Transliterations
Introduction 1
Ch. 1 "Devote the fruits to pious purposes" 15
What is a waqf? 17
The roots of waqf 22
Why found a waqf? 25
The Ottomans 32
Ch. 2 A Bowl of Soup and a Loaf of Bread 39
The written record 44
Institutions of the endowment 46
Endowed properties 48
Personnel 54
Soup 58
Why Jerusalem? 65
Ch. 3 Ladies Bountiful 71
The conflated traditions: Hurrem-Helena 73
Beneficence and women in Islamic history 81
The Gender of Beneficence 93
Ch. 4 Serving Soup in Jerusalem 99
A report from the 'imaret 99
On management 104
Getting started 105
Tax arrears and firewood 108
Food for all 112
Building a bath 117
Dealing in grain 121
Adding to the endowment 125
Ch. 5 Feeding Power 131
Provisioning 132
On the word 'imaret 143
Pre-Ottoman precedents 145
An Ottoman institution 152
Conclusion: Practicing Beneficence 159
Notes 171
Bibliography 207
Index 229


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