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

Debasa, Ana María Carballeira; Sabra, Adam

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“…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.…”

Section: Poverty and Social Welfare In Islamic Contextsmentioning

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“…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).…”

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Charity and philanthropy in Middle East history

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Until the late 20th century, few studies focused on the history of charity and philanthropy in the Middle East from the medieval to modern periods. The work that explored this subject largely concentrated on the ideals of charitable practices, such as the faith-based tenets of social welfare as an Islamic communal practice and the religiously mandated form of almsgiving (zakat). But during the late 1990s, a new generation of scholars challenged the assumption of charity across the region as only a pious act and sought to address the dearth of literature on the subject. They shifted critical focus onto the history of philanthropy to consider and account for the social, economic, and political structures that shaped a wide range of charitable practices, activities, institutions, benefactors, and recipients. They also interrogated how communities determined the parameters of need, developed notions of the "deserving poor," and mediated the relationship between the ideals and practices of beneficence. Overlapping fields such as social history and women's studies as well as analytics of gender, class, and national identity informed and advanced historical studies of charity and philanthropy across the Middle East.The subfield continues to innovate with new work across academic disciplines and new publishing venues for further studies of charity in the region across time periods.

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Section: Poverty and Social Welfare In Islamic Contextsmentioning

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Section: Poverty and Social Welfare In Islamic Contextsmentioning

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Charity and philanthropy in Middle East history

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“A Poor Muslim Cannot Be a Good Muslim”: Islam, Charitable Giving, and Market Logic in Sri Lanka

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Religion and the Morality of the Market

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Power, Politics and Religion in Timurid Iran

Manz

2007

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Beatrice Forbes Manz uses the history of Iran under the Timurid ruler Shahrukh (1409–1447) to analyse the relationship between government and society in the medieval Middle East. She provides a rich portrait of Iranian society over an exceptionally broad spectrum - the dynasty and its servitors, city elite and provincial rulers, and the religious classes, both ulama' and Sufi. The work addresses two issues central to pre-modern Middle Eastern history: how a government without the monopoly of force controlled a heterogeneous society, and how a society with diffuse power structures remained stable over long periods. Written for an audience of students as well as scholars, this book provides a broad analysis of political dynamics in late medieval Iran and challenges much received wisdom about civil and military power, the relationship of government to society, and the interaction of religious figures with the ruling class.

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

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Charity and philanthropy in Middle East history

Charity and philanthropy in Middle East history

“A Poor Muslim Cannot Be a Good Muslim”: Islam, Charitable Giving, and Market Logic in Sri Lanka

Power, Politics and Religion in Timurid Iran

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