Poverty and Charity in Medieval Islam: Mamluk Egypt, 1250-1517

From Islamic Charity to Muslim Philanthropy: Definitions Across Disciplines

“…9 9 Deeb (2006), An Enchanted Modern ; Atia (2013), Building a House in Heaven; Sabra (2000), Poverty and Charity ; Doumani (2017), Family Life ; Mittermaier (2019), Giving to God ; Henig (2019), “Economic Theologies of Abundance,” 224–226; Schaeublin (2019), “Islam in face‐to‐face interaction.” …”

From Islamic Charity to Muslim Philanthropy: Definitions Across Disciplines

“…9 9 Deeb (2006), An Enchanted Modern ; Atia (2013), Building a House in Heaven; Sabra (2000), Poverty and Charity ; Doumani (2017), Family Life ; Mittermaier (2019), Giving to God ; Henig (2019), “Economic Theologies of Abundance,” 224–226; Schaeublin (2019), “Islam in face‐to‐face interaction.” …”

Charity and philanthropy in Middle East history

“…Building on this momentum, these scholars subsequently convened a conference at the University of Michigan The Imperial Harem: Women and Sovereignty in the Ottoman Empire. Sabra's book-one of the first to examine poverty and charity in the pre-modern Middle East-examines perspectives on voluntary and involuntary poverty in Mamluk Egypt as well as networks of poor relief through endowment institutions such as hospitals, Sufi lodges, and mosques (Sabra, 2000). Meanwhile, Cohen's work analyzes material from the Cairo Genizah to trace charitable practices, associational life, and approaches to alleviating the need among Jews in the communities of Fatimid and Ayyubid era Egypt (Cohen, 2005(Cohen, , 2005b.…”

“…These seminal works included Adam Sabra's Poverty and Charity in Medieval Islam: Mamluk Egypt, 1250–1517 , Mark Cohen 's Poverty and Charity in the Jewish Community of Medieval Egypt with companion anthology of translated texts The Voice of the Poor in the Middle Ages: An Anthology of Documents from the Cairo Geniza , and Leslie Peirce's The Imperial Harem: Women and Sovereignty in the Ottoman Empire . Sabra's book—one of the first to examine poverty and charity in the pre‐modern Middle East—examines perspectives on voluntary and involuntary poverty in Mamluk Egypt as well as networks of poor relief through endowment institutions such as hospitals, Sufi lodges, and mosques (Sabra, 2000). Meanwhile, Cohen's work analyzes material from the Cairo Genizah to trace charitable practices, associational life, and approaches to alleviating the need among Jews in the communities of Fatimid and Ayyubid era Egypt (Cohen, 2005, 2005b).…”

From Islamic Charity to Muslim Philanthropy: Definitions Across Disciplines

“…9 9 Deeb (2006), An Enchanted Modern ; Atia (2013), Building a House in Heaven; Sabra (2000), Poverty and Charity ; Doumani (2017), Family Life ; Mittermaier (2019), Giving to God ; Henig (2019), “Economic Theologies of Abundance,” 224–226; Schaeublin (2019), “Islam in face‐to‐face interaction.” …”

Charity and philanthropy in Middle East history

“…Building on this momentum, these scholars subsequently convened a conference at the University of Michigan The Imperial Harem: Women and Sovereignty in the Ottoman Empire. Sabra's book-one of the first to examine poverty and charity in the pre-modern Middle East-examines perspectives on voluntary and involuntary poverty in Mamluk Egypt as well as networks of poor relief through endowment institutions such as hospitals, Sufi lodges, and mosques (Sabra, 2000). Meanwhile, Cohen's work analyzes material from the Cairo Genizah to trace charitable practices, associational life, and approaches to alleviating the need among Jews in the communities of Fatimid and Ayyubid era Egypt (Cohen, 2005(Cohen, , 2005b.…”

“…These seminal works included Adam Sabra's Poverty and Charity in Medieval Islam: Mamluk Egypt, 1250–1517 , Mark Cohen 's Poverty and Charity in the Jewish Community of Medieval Egypt with companion anthology of translated texts The Voice of the Poor in the Middle Ages: An Anthology of Documents from the Cairo Geniza , and Leslie Peirce's The Imperial Harem: Women and Sovereignty in the Ottoman Empire . Sabra's book—one of the first to examine poverty and charity in the pre‐modern Middle East—examines perspectives on voluntary and involuntary poverty in Mamluk Egypt as well as networks of poor relief through endowment institutions such as hospitals, Sufi lodges, and mosques (Sabra, 2000). Meanwhile, Cohen's work analyzes material from the Cairo Genizah to trace charitable practices, associational life, and approaches to alleviating the need among Jews in the communities of Fatimid and Ayyubid era Egypt (Cohen, 2005, 2005b).…”

From Islamic Charity to Muslim Philanthropy: Definitions Across Disciplines

“…9 9 Deeb (2006), An Enchanted Modern ; Atia (2013), Building a House in Heaven; Sabra (2000), Poverty and Charity ; Doumani (2017), Family Life ; Mittermaier (2019), Giving to God ; Henig (2019), “Economic Theologies of Abundance,” 224–226; Schaeublin (2019), “Islam in face‐to‐face interaction.” …”

Charity and philanthropy in Middle East history

“…Building on this momentum, these scholars subsequently convened a conference at the University of Michigan The Imperial Harem: Women and Sovereignty in the Ottoman Empire. Sabra's book-one of the first to examine poverty and charity in the pre-modern Middle East-examines perspectives on voluntary and involuntary poverty in Mamluk Egypt as well as networks of poor relief through endowment institutions such as hospitals, Sufi lodges, and mosques (Sabra, 2000). Meanwhile, Cohen's work analyzes material from the Cairo Genizah to trace charitable practices, associational life, and approaches to alleviating the need among Jews in the communities of Fatimid and Ayyubid era Egypt (Cohen, 2005(Cohen, , 2005b.…”

“…These seminal works included Adam Sabra's Poverty and Charity in Medieval Islam: Mamluk Egypt, 1250–1517 , Mark Cohen 's Poverty and Charity in the Jewish Community of Medieval Egypt with companion anthology of translated texts The Voice of the Poor in the Middle Ages: An Anthology of Documents from the Cairo Geniza , and Leslie Peirce's The Imperial Harem: Women and Sovereignty in the Ottoman Empire . Sabra's book—one of the first to examine poverty and charity in the pre‐modern Middle East—examines perspectives on voluntary and involuntary poverty in Mamluk Egypt as well as networks of poor relief through endowment institutions such as hospitals, Sufi lodges, and mosques (Sabra, 2000). Meanwhile, Cohen's work analyzes material from the Cairo Genizah to trace charitable practices, associational life, and approaches to alleviating the need among Jews in the communities of Fatimid and Ayyubid era Egypt (Cohen, 2005, 2005b).…”