Balkanlar da Osmanlı Vakıfları Vakfiyeler Bulgaristan 3 Cilt — Kolektif

Thispublication resultedfrom alarge scaleresearch project IRCICA undertookon thesubjectof the waqf institution The waqfasatypeof foundation was born in the Muslimworld to serve a variety of functions ranging from the provision of basic means of subsistence to education from charitable deeds to building mosques The waqf also served as a model and found application outside the Muslim world with certain adaptations In this research project IRCICA aims tocollect theoriginal sourceson waqfs such as theestablishmentdeeds thedocuments resultingfrom theiroperationsandifany thereports on their functions to study them and to make them available for researchers Special consideration is given to the waqfs which are at present located outside the OIC member countries in particular those addressing the Muslim communities and minorities The project started with a focus on the waqfs datingfrom the Ottoman periodin the Balkan countries The firstoutcome is a three volumepublication devotedtothe waqfs in Bulgaria In thisproject the Centre collected and transliterated the deeds of 290 waqfs established in Bulgaria and published these transliterations together with the reproductionsof theoriginaldocuments Thedeedsof10of these waqfsarein Arabicandallothers in Ottoman Turkish In thebookthetextsof thedeeds are grouped according to the cities or districts A summary of each document is provided to make it useful also for those who do not read the Ottoman language

Thispublication resultedfrom alarge scaleresearch project IRCICA undertookon thesubjectof the waqf institution The waqfasatypeof foundation was born in the Muslimworld to serve a variety of functions ranging from the provision of basic means of subsistence to education from charitable deeds to building mosques The waqf also served as a model and found application outside the Muslim world with certain adaptations In this research project IRCICA aims tocollect theoriginal sourceson waqfs such as theestablishmentdeeds thedocuments resultingfrom theiroperationsandifany thereports on their functions to study them and to make them available for researchers Special consideration is given to the waqfs which are at present located outside the OIC member countries in particular those addressing the Muslim communities and minorities The project started with a focus on the waqfs datingfrom the Ottoman periodin the Balkan countries The firstoutcome is a three volumepublication devotedtothe waqfs in Bulgaria In thisproject the Centre collected and transliterated the deeds of 290 waqfs established in Bulgaria and published these transliterations together with the reproductionsof theoriginaldocuments Thedeedsof10of these waqfsarein Arabicandallothers in Ottoman Turkish In thebookthetextsof thedeeds are grouped according to the cities or districts A summary of each document is provided to make it useful also for those who do not read the Ottoman language