THE PROBLEMS IN THE ZURRI WAQFS ADMIRATION
ZÜRRÎ VAKIFLARIN İDARESİNDE YAŞANAN SORUNLAR

Author : Reyhan ŞAHİN ALLAHVERDİ
Number of pages : 313-323

Abstract

Throughout the Ottoman history, waqfs (foundations) was an important part of social life thank to social and religious institutions. Zurri/Evlatlık (Family waqf /Posterity) waqfs consist of important part of waqf institutions, were established by especially bureaucrats (sadrazam, vezir, paşa ect.), princess, mothers of sultans, ulema (seyhulislam, kazasker, kadı, müderris) ect. landowner and wealthy people. Acording to the zurri waqf’s trust deeds, administration and incomes of waqfs belongs to descendants of waqf founder until his/her posterity end, after descendants ended, posperity would endowed to Mecca and Madinah’s poors or the others. In this study explains disagreements between zurri waqfs’ heirs about sharing incomes of waqf and tevliyet in the zurri waqfs that keep up throughout centuries. Zurri waqfs’ eslablisher could limited his/her descendants’ exploite of waqf incomes by special conditions in his/her deed of trust. Thus only someones who have the conditions remarked by establisher exploite the waqf. Although zurri waqf’s deed of trusts were regulated detailed, emerged some disagreements among establiher’s descendants. Especially in case loosing deed of trust in years, rised this disagreements. The main problems were in the zurri waqfs’ about sharing incomes of waqf and tevliyet; using and reparing of landed estate. In classical era of Ottoman empire, these disagreements used to solved by Haremeyn Nezareti Müfettisligi, after founded Evkaf-i Hümayun Nezareti (ministy of waqfs) the disagreements started to solved by this Nezaret.

Keywords

Zurri Waqf, Office of Mutevelli, Family Waqf, Deed of Trust, Evkaf

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