Language:
Turkish
Year of publication:
2020
Titel der Quelle:
Osmanli Arastirmalari
Angaben zur Quelle:
55 (2020) 99-144
Keywords:
Waqf History 18th century
;
Jerusalem (Israel) Officials and employees
;
Turkey History Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918
;
Jerusalem (Israel) History 1517-1917, Ottoman period
Abstract:
This study aims at analyzing the employment status of the waqf staff inJerusalem during the 18th century from a socio-economic and demographic point ofview. It focuses on effects of central authority and its existence symptoms and functioning in a provincial town in the context of applications implemented by Ottoman central government for waqf matters. This study has four parts. In the first part, thestatus of the waqf employees within the Ottoman social structure will be examined.Then, the titles and nicknames of the waqf staff will be mentioned in relation tothe changes in the historical process. The appointment, dismissal and the workingperiod of the waqf employees will also be examined under a separate heading. In thispart, procedures and control relating to the impact of these appointments held bythe Ottoman government will be ascertainedn. The third part we try to reveal the ratio of waqf staff within the city’s population. The fourth part the salaries of examinesthe waqf employes. Through this analysis, it tries to shed light on the employmentpolicies of the Ottoman state in a provincial town in which it maintained controlthrough waqf posts and salaries.
Note:
In Turkish with an English abstract.
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