Charity, Endowments, and Charitable Institutions in Medieval Islam

Autorentext
Yaacov Lev is associate professor of Islamic medieval history at Bar-Ilan University. He is the author of Saladin in Egypt and editor of War and Society in the Eastern Mediterranean, 7th to 15th Centuries.

Klappentext
He analyzes the motives and attitudes of the donors (the caliphs, sultans, emirs, and the wealthy); the recipients of charity (the poor and the educated class); and the charitable institutions and services that provided the framework for conveyance (hospitals, Koranic schools, and law colleges, the ransom of captives, and support of orphans and widows).

Zusammenfassung
Provides a comparative treatment of charity and charitable institutions in Islam and Muslim societies of the Middle East. This book, while focusing on medieval Islam, is set in a wider framework with many references to both Jewish and Christian parallels. It examines a variety of primary sources, including Arabic chronicles, waqf deeds, and more.

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