Constructing Ottoman Beneficence : An Imperial Soup Kitchen in Jerusalem

by Singer, Amy

• ISBN13: 9780791453513
• ISBN10: 0791453510
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-06-01
• Publisher: State Univ of New York Pr

Table of Contents

List of Maps and Illustrations	ix
Acknowledgments	xi
Abbreviations	xiii
Note on Ottoman Turkish and Arabic Transliterations	xv
Introduction	1	(14)
``Devote the fruits to pious purposes''	15	(24)
What is a waqf?	17	(5)
The roots of waqf	22	(3)
Why found a waqf?	25	(7)
The Ottomans	32	(7)
A Bowl of Soup and a Loaf of Bread	39	(32)
The written record	44	(2)
Institutions of the endowment	46	(2)
Endowed properties	48	(6)
Personnel	54	(4)
Soup	58	(7)
Why Jerusalem?	65	(6)
Ladies Bountiful	71	(28)
The conflated traditions: Hurrem-Helena	73	(8)
Beneficence and women in Islamic history	81	(12)
Early examples	81	(2)
The Byzantine factor	83	(3)
Turco-Mongol heritage	86	(2)
The Ottomans	88	(5)
The Gender of Beneficence	93	(6)
Serving Soup in Jerusalem	99	(32)
A report from the 'imaret	99	(5)
On management	104	(1)
Getting started	105	(3)
Tax arrears and firewood	108	(4)
Food for all	112	(5)
Building a bath	117	(4)
Dealing in grain	121	(4)
Adding to the endowment	125	(6)
Feeding Power	131	(28)
Provisioning	132	(11)
Istanbul and Topkapi Palace	133	(3)
Provincial towns	136	(2)
The army on campaign	138	(2)
Janissaries	140	(1)
Hajj caravans	140	(3)
On the word `imaret	143	(2)
Pre-Ottoman precedents	145	(7)
An Ottoman institution	152	(7)
Conclusion: Practicing Beneficence	159	(12)
Notes	171	(36)
Bibliography	207	(22)
Index	229