Held in trust : Waqf in the Islamic world /: Waqf in the Islamic world. (2011)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Pascale Ghazaleh ; designed by Fatiha Bouzidi.
• Editors: Ghazaleh, Pascale
• Other Names: Bouzidi, Fatiha designer.
• Contents: Introduction : pious foundations : from here to eternity? / Pascale Ghazaleh -- Dervishes, waqfs, and conquest : notes on early Ottoman expansion in Thrace / Riza Yildirim -- Piety and profit : the Haramayn Endowments in Egypt (1517-1814) / Husam 'Abd al-Mu'ti -- The Sadir al-Fuqaha' wa-l-Fuqara' Endowment (Salah al-Din al-Ayyubi) in Alexandria during the eighteenth century / Nasir Ibrahim -- Control of urban waqfs in al-Salt, Transjordan / Michael J. Reimer -- Zawiyat Sidi al-Ghazi : survival of a traditional religious institution / John A. Shoup -- Guild waqf : between religious law and common law / Nelly Hanna) -- Waqfs of Cyrenaica and Italian colonialism in Libya (1911-41) / Anna Maria Medici -- The waqf system : maintenance, repair, and upkeep / Dina Ishak Bakhoum) -- The role of Waqf in shaping and preserving urban areas : the historical commercial center of Adana / Tuba Akar -- Conclusion : Ottoman waqfs as acts of citizenship / Engin F. Isin.
• Publisher Details: Cairo, Egypt New York, New York : The American University in Cairo Press
• Publication Date: 2011
• Copyright Date: 2011
• Extent: 1 online resource (240 pages)
• Subjects: 346.56064; Waqf -- Congresses; Waqf -- Economic aspects -- Congresses; Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations (Islamic law) -- Congresses; Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations (Islamic law) -- Congresses; Waqf -- Congresses; Waqf -- Economic aspects -- Congresses; LAW -- Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice; HISTORY -- Middle East -- General; Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations (Islamic law); Waqf; Waqf -- Economic aspects; Waḳf; Electronic books; Conference papers and proceedings
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781617975356; 1617975354; 9781617975226; 1617975222
• Related ISBNs: 9789774163937; 1617975222; 9774163931
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.