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A full-length treatment of poverty and charity in medieval Islamic society.

Offering insights and analysis in a field that has only recently come into existence, this book explores the ideals and institutions through which Middle Easter

What was it like to be poor in the Middle Ages? In the past, the answer to this question came only from institutions and individuals who gave relief to the less

The first monograph on Islamic hospitals, this volume examines their origins, development, architecture, social roles, and connections to non-Islamic institutio

This book deals with various manifestations of charity or giving in the contexts of the Christian, Jewish, and Muslim societies in Late Antiquity and Early Midd