Non-Muslim and Church Foundations in Ottoman Cyprus

Name: Non-Muslim and Church Foundations in Ottoman Cyprus
Author: Korkmazer, Sıddık, Kandemir, Ahmet Mekin

Title	Non-Muslim and Church Foundations in Ottoman Cyprus
Author	Korkmazer, Sıddık, Kandemir, Ahmet Mekin
Subject	Cyprus
Type	Book
Language	ara,eng,tur
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Library:	Royal Danish Library
Library Asset ID	ISSN: 2757-5616, EISSN: 2757-5616, DOI: 10.51575/atebe.910572
Record ID	cdi_doaj_primary_oai_doaj_org_article_1b4adca44fd84680aea54a5677fae88b
Library Location	DOAJ Directory of Open Access Journals
Notes	ABSTRACT The foundation, which was born from the feeling of doing good and earning rewards, which is as old as human history, has gained a legal basis with Islam and has become an eternal institution. Foundations or foundation-like acts that undertake socio-cultural and religious services were common not only among Muslims but also among people of other religions. For example, it is seen that in Indian states, kings gift villages to Brahmins, who are religious men. Brahmins did not own the property of these villages, but received the income from the lands cultivated by the villagers and thus had income. Foundations established by both Muslim and non-Muslim subjects in Dar al-Islam operated in accordance with Sharia law. It is seen that many foundations were established in the context of the same religious provisions on the Island of Cyprus, where the Ottoman Empire ruled for three hundred and seven years. Although many studies have been conducted on the Cyprus foundations of the Ottoman Period, only one of them deals with non-Muslim foundations. In the study in question, only seven individual foundations are discussed, but foundations belonging to churches before and after the conquest are not mentioned. This study will focus on this deficiency. Although the Cyprus Shari'iyye Registers in the TRNC Kyrenia National Archives and Research Department are generally taken as the source, documents identified from the Ottoman Archives and the Archives of the General Directorate of Foundations will be analyzed. First of all, the concepts of non-Muslim and dhimmi will be explained, the individuals who fall into this category in Cyprus and their legal rights will be touched upon, and the rights of non-Muslims to establish foundations in Islamic law will be emphasized. Under another heading, eleven individual foundations, one of which has been cancelled, and twenty-one church and monastery foundations belonging to different communities, given in two tables, will be examined in detail.
Görüntüle	Atebe, 2021-06, Vol.2021 (5), p.35-57

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Non-Muslim and Church Foundations in Ottoman Cyprus

Author Korkmazer, Sıddık, Kandemir, Ahmet Mekin

Subject Cyprus

Type Book

Language ara,eng,tur

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Library Royal Danish Library

Library Asset ID ISSN: 2757-5616, EISSN: 2757-5616, DOI: 10.51575/atebe.910572

Record ID cdi_doaj_primary_oai_doaj_org_article_1b4adca44fd84680aea54a5677fae88b

Library Location DOAJ Directory of Open Access Journals

Notes ABSTRACT The foundation, which was born from the feeling of doing good and earning rewards, which is as old as human history, has gained a legal basis with Islam and has become an eternal institution. Foundations or foundation-like acts that undertake socio-cultural and religious services were common not only among Muslims but also among people of other religions. For example, it is seen that in Indian states, kings gift villages to Brahmins, who are religious men. Brahmins did not own the property of these villages, but received the income from the lands cultivated by the villagers and thus had income. Foundations established by both Muslim and non-Muslim subjects in Dar al-Islam operated in accordance with Sharia law. It is seen that many foundations were established in the context of the same religious provisions on the Island of Cyprus, where the Ottoman Empire ruled for three hundred and seven years. Although many studies have been conducted on the Cyprus foundations of the Ottoman Period, only one of them deals with non-Muslim foundations. In the study in question, only seven individual foundations are discussed, but foundations belonging to churches before and after the conquest are not mentioned. This study will focus on this deficiency. Although the Cyprus Shari'iyye Registers in the TRNC Kyrenia National Archives and Research Department are generally taken as the source, documents identified from the Ottoman Archives and the Archives of the General Directorate of Foundations will be analyzed. First of all, the concepts of non-Muslim and dhimmi will be explained, the individuals who fall into this category in Cyprus and their legal rights will be touched upon, and the rights of non-Muslims to establish foundations in Islamic law will be emphasized. Under another heading, eleven individual foundations, one of which has been cancelled, and twenty-one church and monastery foundations belonging to different communities, given in two tables, will be examined in detail.

Görüntüle Atebe, 2021-06, Vol.2021 (5), p.35-57