Women vaqfs in the sixteenth-century Sanjak of Kruševac (Alaca Hisâr)
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 al...
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Institute for Balkan Studies SASA
2009-01-01
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| Series: | Balcanica |
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| Online Access: | http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0350-7653/2009/0350-76530940043A.pdf |