Abstract
This article presents an edition, translation, and analysis of one of the oldest surviving waqf texts, which in our view dates from the turn of the tenth century CE and originates in the Greater Syria region. The text, which records the endowment of an estate by a certain Abū Ṣāliḥ Khayr al-Khādim (a mawlā of the caliph al-Muʿtazz bi-’llāh), bears similarities to other waqf texts from this period and region, such as those published by Moshe Sharon and Amikam Elad, and our analysis considers the broad historical and intellectual context in which it is to be situated.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Jerusalem Studies in Arabic and Islam |
| Publisher | The Max Schloessinger Memorial Foundation, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
| Pages | 109-131 |
| Number of pages | 23 |
| State | Published - 2023 |
Publication series
| Name | Jerusalem Studies in Arabic and Islam |
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| Volume | 54 |
| ISSN (Print) | 0334-4118 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2023, The Max Schloessinger Memorial Foundation, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. All rights reserved.
Keywords
- (pious endowment)
- al-Muʿtazz bi-’llāh
- Greater Syria
- khādim (eunuch)
- mules
- waqf
- ʿAbbāsī