^{#smrgKİTABEVİ}Surplus - Receivers (Zevaid Horan) From Imperial Waqfs: Between Philantrophy and Political Economy

This book scrutinizes the place of surplus-receivers in the waqf institutions through their contribution to the philanthropy and the political economy of the 16th-17th century Ottoman Empire. By revealing their importance, the questions circle around surplus-receivers aim to reveal who they are, what their place and importance in the waqf, how and on which base they were assigned to these duties and how they can be interpreted in the context of the philanthropy by the examination of mainly the registers of zevaid-horan and waqf account books with complementary sources. The examination and analysis of the sources set forth that this group is a mean for providing social security by sustaining high-ranking officers and also a vehicle for providing social welfare, at the same time, contributed to the legitimization of the ruler.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER I THE CONCEPT OF PHILANTHROPY
Philanthropy in Different Contexts
Waqf Institution in a Philanthropic Context
Philanthropy through the Prism of Waqf Institution and of Legitimization of Power
CHAPTER II TREATING HETEROGENITY: ZEVAID-HORAN
Getting Acquainted with zevaid-horan
Procedure in Waqfs for zevaid-horans
Familiar zevaid-horans: A So-Called "Family Company"
High-ranking zevaid-horans and Some Inferences about Payment Structure
CONCLUSION
APPENDICES
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX