- Journal of Islamicjerusalem Studies
- Vol: 19 Issue: 3 Special Issue
- المصادر المالية للمسجد الأقصى 1516-1918م
المصادر المالية للمسجد الأقصى 1516-1918م
Authors : Ameen ABUBAKEER
Pages : 389-416
Doi:10.31456/beytulmakdis.592550
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Publication Date : 2019-12-31
Article Type : Research
Abstract :This study addresses the financial sources of al-Aqsa Mosque, which was dependent on affairs of propulsion at the level of providing the necessary services for visitors and devotees. This is such as providing water for drinking and purification besides cleanliness and lighting, restoration, reconstruction and maintenance. As well and paying the salaries of staff, reaching around 1000 staff, headed by the sheikh of the Haram, consisting of preachers, imams, reciters, teachers, time keepers, muezzins, librarians, janitors, and guards. In addition, it covers bursaries for students, stipends for scholars, jurists, teachers, and other things to ensure it achieves its religious message in a specific historical period, the Ottoman period 1516 -1918 and presenting in in three main themesKeywords : al-Aqsa Mosque, finances, staff, employment, Awqaf, Surra, Bayt al-Maqdis