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Constructing Ottoman beneficence : an imperial soup kitchen in Jerusalem

Amy Singer
Annotation. Those interested in women's roles as charitable patrons, the Ottomans, and the Islamic institution of waqf will find this study a welcome addition to the field. Singer (history, Tel Aviv U., Israel) provides a detailed, thoroughly documented history of the charitable soup kitchen in Jerusalem that was run by Hasseki Hurrem Sultan, wife of Suleyman I. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

eBook, English, 2002
State University of New York Press, Albany, 2002