Waqf in Central Asia
Four Hundred Years in the History of a Muslim Shrine, 1480-1889
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23242539 |
|---|---|
| Authors | R D Mcchesney (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1991 |
| Pages | 380 |
| Publication date | 1991-12-31 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | BOOK |
| Venue | Waqf in Central Asia (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Princeton University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1515/9781400861965 |
| OpenAlex | W626669540 |
| Open Library | OL29235041M |
| ISBN | 9781400861965 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 76 |
Waqfs, or religious endowments, have long been at the very center of daily Islamic life, establishing religious, cultural, and welfare institutions and serving as a legal means to keep family property intact through several generations. In this book R. D. McChesney focuses on the major Muslim shrine at Balkh--once a flourishing city on an ancient trade route in what is now northern Afghanistan--and provides a detailed study of the political, economic, and social conditions that influenced, and were influenced by, the development of a single religious endowment. From its founding in 1480 until 1889, when the Afghan government took control of it, the waqf at Balkh was a formidable economic force in a financially dynamic region, particularly during those times when the endowment's sacred character and the tax privileges it acquired gave its managers considerable financial security. This study sheds new light on the legal institution of waqf within Muslim society and on how political conditions affected the development of socio-religious institutions throughout Central Asia over a period of four hundred years.
Economics · Economy · Endowment · Flourishing · Geography · History of Islam · Islam · Political science · Politics · Sharia · Waqf · Welfare · Islamic Finance and Banking Studies · Islamic Studies and History · Law · Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East · asia · Central · Religion
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| Unique citing works | 76 |
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| Citations per year | 2,38 |
| Citation span | 1994 - 2026 (33) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 57 |