Theory and Practice in the Waqf

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24520803
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Asian history
• Research Institution: Kobe University
• Principal Investigator: Ito Takao 神戸大学, 人文学研究科, 准教授 (60464260)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: ワクフ / マムルーク朝 / オスマン朝 / エジプト / シリア / イスラーム法 / アイユーブ朝 / 公益

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study aims to contribute to the waqf (endowment, fund) studies and also to a comparative historical research on charity, philanthropy, and public welfare through examining the correlation between theory and practice concerning the waqf in late medieval Egypt and Syria, especially in the Mamluk period (1250- 1517). The study has three subtopics as follows: (1) case studies of the waqfs founded in the Mamluk Sultanate, mainly based on archival sources, (2) long-term follow-up of the management of some endowments, and (3) investigation of legal discussions about problems of the waqf as well as their impact on theory and practice. I have ‘discovered’ some documents to which little attention had been paid so far. My study has thus proved successful, particularly in the subtopic (1).

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