TY - BOOK ID - 77881470 TI - Charity, endowments, and charitable institutions in medieval Islam PY - 2005 SN - 0813035899 9780813035895 0813028698 9780813028699 PB - Gainesville University Press of Florida DB - UniCat KW - Waqf KW - Endowments KW - Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations KW - Charitable remainder trusts KW - Donations KW - Charities KW - Charity laws and legislation KW - Juristic persons KW - Trusts and trustees KW - Uses (Law) KW - Charitable bequests KW - Charitable foundations KW - Charitable trusts KW - Educational endowments KW - Endowed charities KW - Foundations (Endowments) KW - Philanthropy KW - Private foundations KW - School endowments KW - Education and state KW - Awqāf KW - Evkaf KW - Vaqf KW - Vkaf KW - Wakf KW - Islamic law KW - History. KW - Law and legislation KW - History UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77881470 AB - In this first comparative treatment of charity and charitable institutions in Islam and Muslim societies of the Middle East, Yaacov Lev mines a variety of primary sources, including Arabic chronicles, dictionaries, waqf (pious endowment) deeds, and epigraphic evidence. ER -