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Adam
Sabra.
Poverty and Charity in Medieval Islam: Mamluk Egypt,
1250-1517.
Cambridge University
Press,
2000.
Cambridge Studies in Islamic Civilization series.
xiii,192pp.
Hardback ISBN
0521772915.
Publisher's
recommended price £37.50
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 explore 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 (waafs) 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.
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