Hoffmann, Brigitt. - Waqf im mongolischen Iran. Rasiduddins Sorge um Nachruhm und Seelenheil.Stuttgart, Franz Steiner Verlag, 2000. 416 pp. 13 b./w. ills & 2 b./w. plates. Orig. softcover (printed wrappers), cover partly sl. discol. (Freiburger Islamstudien, 20).The starting point of the rare present study is a single, rather voluminous document with almost four hundred folio pages: Rasiduddin Fazlullah-i Hamadani's (approx. 1248-1318) deed of foundation for the Rab-i Rasidi, a complex of religious and charitable institutions in Tabriz. We are dealing with a very old and extensive original document from the pen of a prominent historical person, which not only proves to be an exciting self-testimony of this individual, but also creates a multifaceted picture of an economically and culturally important institution and beyond that exemplarily illustrates what kind of power a representative of the local bureaucracy had to oppose the Mongol rulers. The aim of the present work is to do justice to the various aspects of this document in terms of interpretation, which also forced methodological versatility. EUR 125.00 [Appr.: US$ 145.39 | £UK 108.5 | JP¥ 21559] Book number 299860is offered by:
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