Waqf in Central Asia: Four Hundred Years in the History of a Muslim Shrine, 1480-1889 by R. D. McChesney

Waqf in Central Asia: Four Hundred Years in the History of a Muslim Shrine, 1480-1889

R. D. McChesney

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Waqfs, or religious endowments, have long been at the very center of daily Islamic life, establishing religious, cultural, and welfare institutions and serving as a legal means to keep family property intact through several generations. In this bo...

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