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Book SynopsisWaqfs, or religious endowments, have long been at the very center of daily Islamic life, establishing religious, cultural, and welfare institutions and serving as a legal means to keep family property intact through several generations. In this book R. D. McChesney focuses on the major Muslim shrine at Balkh--once a flourishing city on an ancient t
Table of Contents*FrontMatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. vii*Preface, pg. ix*Note on Transliteration, pg. xiii*Abbreviations, pg. xvii*Maps, pg. xix*CHAPTER ONE. Introduction, pg. 3*CHAPTER TWO. The Origins of the 'Alid Shrine at Balkh, pg. 21*CHAPTER THREE. Waqf in Its Political Setting, pg. 46*CHAPTER FOUR. Balkh, 1599-1647: Appanage Politics and the Growth of the 'Alid Waqf, pg. 72*CHAPTER FIVE. Balkh and the Shrine, 1651-1681, pg. 113*CHAPTER SIX. The Evolution of the Shrine and Its Administration, pg. 127*CHAPTER SEVEN. The Eclipse of the Appanage System: Balkh toward the End of the Seventeenth Century, pg. 149*CHAPTER EIGHT. The Waqf Administration, 1668-1738, pg. 170*CHAPTER NINE. The Nadirid Occupation of Balkh, 1737-1747, pg. 198*CHAPTER TEN. The Consequences of Autonomy: The Emergence of a Shrine-State in the Century after 1747, pg. 217*CHAPTER ELEVEN. Shrine-State to Provincial Capital: The Muhammadza'i Mandate in Balkh, 1849-1889, pg. 257*CHAPTER TWELVE. Waqf under the Afghans, pg. 273*CHAPTER THIRTEEN. Shrine-State to State Shrine, pg. 294*CHAPTER FOURTEEN. Conclusions, pg. 316*Glossary, pg. 321*Bibliography, pg. 325*Index, pg. 343
