Ottoman Archival Documents on the Shrines of Karbala, Najaf, and the Hejaz (1660s-1720s): Endowment Wars, the Spoils System, and Iranian Pilgrims

Güngörürler S.

JOURNAL OF THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL HISTORY OF THE ORIENT, vol.64, no.7, pp.897-1032, 2021 (AHCI) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 64 Issue: 7
  • Publication Date: 2021
  • Doi Number: 10.1163/15685209-12341557
  • Journal Name: JOURNAL OF THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL HISTORY OF THE ORIENT
  • Journal Indexes: Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, IBZ Online, International Bibliography of Social Sciences, Periodicals Index Online, ATLA Religion Database, Business Source Elite, Business Source Premier, Historical Abstracts, Index Islamicus, Linguistic Bibliography, MLA - Modern Language Association Database, Political Science Complete, Religion and Philosophy Collection, Social services abstracts, Sociological abstracts, Worldwide Political Science Abstracts
  • Page Numbers: pp.897-1032
  • Keywords: Atabat, Hajj, Shiite-Sunni contacts, Ottoman-Safavid relations, waqf, Ottoman archives
  • Marmara University Affiliated: No

Abstract

This study introduces and publishes an array of Ottoman archival documents on the shrines of Ahl al-Bayt imams in Iraq, the endowments dedicated to these shrines, and the Shiite-Iranian pilgrims visiting these sites as well as the Kaaba and the shrine of Muhammad in the Hejaz. Focusing on the later seventeenth and the early eighteenth centuries, it discusses the political-economic function of Islamic endowments, interconfessional contacts resulting from pilgrimage by Shiites in Sunni territory, and the potential use of Ottoman archives to enrich our knowledge on trans-Ottoman themes.