TY  - BOOK
AU  - Sabra,Adam Abdelhamid
TI  - Poverty and charity in medieval Islam: Mamluk Egypt, 1250-1517 
T2  - Cambridge studies in Islamic civilization
SN  - 0521772915
AV  - HC830.Z9 P625 2000
U1  - 362.5/57/0962 21
PY  - 2000///
CY  - Cambridge, New York
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Poverty
KW  - Egypt
KW  - History
KW  - 1250-1517
KW  - Charities
KW  - Mamelukes
KW  - Economic conditions
KW  - Attitudes
KW  - Religious aspects
KW  - Islam
KW  - Islamic civilization
KW  - history
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 178-184) and index; Poverty: ideas and realities --; Begging and almsgiving --; Waqf --; Standards of living --; Food shortages and famines
N2  - "The study of poverty and charity in Islamic history has made significant advances in recent years. Adam Sabra's book represents the first full-length treatment of the subject. By focusing on Mamluk Cairo, the author explores the attitude of medieval Muslims to poverty - why and how did they give alms - and the experience of being poor in an Islamic society. He also considers the role of pious endowments (waqfs) in providing food, education and medical care to the poor of medieval Egypt. This is a fascinating account of a world far removed from the affairs of emirs and ulama hitherto the traditional province of Mamluk studies. This trend, in conjunction with the comparisons the author affords of poverty and destitution in Europe and China during the same period, will entice a broad range of scholars from within the field and beyond."--Jacket
ER  -