Women Vaqfs in the Sixteenth-century Sanjak of Kruševac (Alaca Hisâr)

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Amedoski, D. (2009). Women Vaqfs in the Sixteenth-century Sanjak of Kruševac (Alaca Hisâr), 43-55. doi:10.2298/BALC0940043A
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Title

Women Vaqfs in the Sixteenth-century Sanjak of Kruševac (Alaca Hisâr)

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Author

Dragana, Amedoski

Journal

Balcanica

Volume
Issue

XL

Start page

43

End page

55

ISSN

0350-7653

ISBN
DOI

10.2298/BALC0940043A

URL

http://dais.sanu.ac.rs/handle/123456789/4298

Date

2009-2019/08/12/16:05:52

Abstract

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.

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