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Ministry of Evkaf

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Ministry of Evkaf
Ottoman Turkish: أوقاف همایون نظارتی
Evkaf-ı Hümâyun Nezâreti
Agency overview
Formed1840
Superseding agency
JurisdictionOttoman Empire Ottoman Empire
HeadquartersConstantinople

The Ministry of Evkaf (Ottoman Turkish: أوقاف همایون نظارتی; Turkish: Evkaf-ı Hümâyun Nezâreti; French: Ministère de l'Evkaf) was an Ottoman Empire ministry in charge of awqaf (evkaf), administering waqfs (then known in Western languages as "vakouf", from the Turkish name). It was upgraded to a ministry in 1840 after being initially created in the century as the Bureau of Imperial Administration of Evkaf (French: Bureau d'Administration impériale de l'Evkaf).[1]

References

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  1. ^ Young, George (1906). Corps de droit ottoman; recueil des codes, lois, règlements, ordonnances et actes les plus importants du droit intérieur, et d'études sur le droit coutumier de l'Empire ottoman (in French). Vol. 6. Clarendon Press. p. 117.