Islamic waqf properties in Mandatory Palestine

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Islamic waqf properties in Mandatory Palestine were religious endowments of land and assets held in trust for Islamic charitable, educational, and religious purposes under British rule in the early 20th century.

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Islamic waqf properties in Mandatory Palestine canonical 1

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Islamic waqf
charitable trust
religious endowment
administeredBy Islamic religious authorities
mutawalli (waqf trustees)
appliesToReligion Islam
associatedWith Islamic charitable foundations
mosques in Jerusalem
benefits Islamic educational institutions
local Muslim communities
poor and needy persons
religious institutions
composedOf agricultural land
cash endowments
land
residential buildings
shops and commercial buildings
urban real estate
continuedAs Islamic waqf properties after 1948 in former Mandate territory
countryUnderAdministration United Kingdom
economicRole source of rental income
support for communal services
endTime 1948
hasCharacteristic dedicated to God
inalienable
perpetual
historicalPredecessor Ottoman waqf properties in Palestine
influencedBy Islamic jurisprudence on waqf
legalBasis Islamic law
linked to: Sharia

Sharia
locatedIn Mandatory Palestine
Middle East
Palestine
purpose charitable purposes
educational purposes
maintenance of mosques
religious purposes
social welfare
support of Islamic schools
support of religious scholars
regulatedBy British Mandate legal framework
Ottoman land law traditions
startTime 1920
subjectOf disputes over control and management
land administration policies of the British Mandate
supervisedBy British Mandate authorities
timePeriod British Mandate period

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Supreme Muslim Council appliesToJurisdiction Islamic waqf properties in Mandatory Palestine