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Ottoman charitable endowments (waqf) constituted an enduring monument to imperial beneficence and were important instruments of policy. One type of endowment, the public soup kitchen (>imaret) served travelers, scholars, pious mystics, and local indigents alike. Constructing Ottoman Beneficence examines the political, social, and cultural context for founding these public kitchens. It challenges long-held notions about the nature of endowments and explores for the first time how Ottoman modes of beneficence provide an important paradigm for understanding universal questions about the nature of charitable giving. A typical and well-documented example was the >imaret of Has|s|eki Hurrem Sultan, wife of Sultan Su¬leyman I, in Jerusalem. The >imaret operated at the confluence of imperial endowment practices and Ottoman food supply policies, while also exemplifying the role of imperial women as benefactors. Through its operations, the >imaret linked imperial Ottoman and local Palestinian interests, integrating urban and rural economies.

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  1. Cover
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  1. CONTENTS
  2. pp. vii-viii
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  1. LIST OF MAPS AND ILLUSTRATIONS
  2. p. ix
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  1. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  2. pp. xi-xii
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  1. ABBREVIATIONS
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  1. NOTE ON OTTOMAN TURKISH AND ARABIC TRANSLITERATIONS
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  1. INTRODUCTION
  2. pp. 1-14
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  1. Chapter One. “DEVOTE THE FRUITS TO PIOUS PURPOSES”
  2. pp. 15-38
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  1. Chapter Two. A BOWL OF SOUP AND A LOAF OF BREAD
  2. pp. 39-70
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  1. Chapter Three. LADIES BOUNTIFUL
  2. pp. 71-98
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  1. Chapter Four. SERVING SOUP IN JERUSALEM
  2. pp. 99-130
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  1. Chapter Five. FEEDING POWER
  2. pp. 131-158
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  1. CONCLUSION: PRACTICING BENEFICENCE
  2. pp. 159-170
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  1. NOTES
  2. pp. 171-206
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  1. BIBLIOGRAPHY
  2. pp. 207-228
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  1. INDEX
  2. pp. 229-240
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