A Temporal and Gender-Based Analysis on the Ottoman Cash Waqfs in Southeast Europe, 1506-1921

ALTAY B., Bulut M.

Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient, cilt.67, sa.7, ss.617-645, 2024 (AHCI, SSCI, Scopus)

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 67 Sayı: 7
  • Basım Tarihi: 2024
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1163/15685209-12341631
  • Dergi Adı: Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, IBZ Online, International Bibliography of Social Sciences, Periodicals Index Online, ATLA Religion Database, Business Source Elite, Business Source Premier, Historical Abstracts, Index Islamicus, Linguistic Bibliography, MLA - Modern Language Association Database, Political Science Complete, Religion and Philosophy Collection, Social services abstracts, Sociological abstracts, Worldwide Political Science Abstracts
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.617-645
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: capital, cash waqfs, gender, Southeast Europe, the Ottoman Empire
  • Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

This study analyzes the temporal changes in the capital levels of cash waqfs in Southeast European provinces of the Ottoman Empire from the sixteenth century to the early twentieth century. By utilizing cash waqf deeds (waqfiyya), the present study compiles a new dataset and employs it to conduct an analysis through the average capital levels, capital shares of the top 10 percent of cash waqfs, and quartiles of cash waqfs. The findings suggest that there was a downward trend in the capital levels of cash waqfs, despite an increase in numbers of such foundations, from the sixteenth century to the early twentieth century. Furthermore, the analysis indicates that the capital levels of cash waqfs established by men exhibited a similar trend, whereas the pattern of capital levels for women was an approximately inverted U-shape during the same period. The study thus represents one of the first examinations of the trend in cash waqf capital levels by gender, from a long-term perspective.