Waqfs and urban structures : : the case of Ottoman Damascus / / by Richard van Leeuwen.
The author proposes in this study a new, integrative approach to the phenomenon of Muslim pious foundations, or waqfs. The evolution of the institution is analysed from the perspective of the formation of power systems, which shaped both the elaboraton of the textual framework of the institution and...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Leiden : : BRILL,, 1999. |
| Year of Publication: | 1999 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Studies in Islamic Law and Society ;
Volume: 11 |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (vii, 232). |
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