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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, scholars, pious mystics, and local indigents

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Book category Books in English Reference, information & interdisciplinary subjects Interdisciplinary studies Regional studies

• Full title: Constructing Ottoman Beneficence
• Subtitle: An Imperial Soup Kitchen in Jerusalem
• Author: Amy Singer
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 240
• EAN: 9780791453513
• ID: 04701526
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Weight: 472 g
• Dimensions: 229 × 159 × 19 mm
• Date of publishing: 01. April 2002

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