Documents about waqf / waqfnama at the Archive of the Kosova Cover Image

Dokumente për vakëfet / vakëfnametë në Arkivin e Kosovës
Documents about waqf / waqfnama at the Archive of the Kosova

Author(s): Hatixhe Ahmedi
Subject(s): Archiving, Cataloguing, Classification, Theology and Religion, Islam studies, History of Islam
Published by: Drejtoria e Përgjithshme e Arkivave e Republikës së Shqipërisë; Agjencia Shtetërore e Arkivave të Kosovës
Keywords: archives of Kosova; ottoman documents;waqfnama;

Summary/Abstract: In the archives of Kosovo, in addition to the multitude of funds and other collections, there is also a collection of documents in the Ottoman language. These documents amount to nearly 3,000 and represent a fund of significant value to our past.Among these documents are two endowments: The endowment of Mehmed Pasha Kaçanik legalized in 1608, which is also the oldest document preserved in the Archives of Kosovo, and the Endowment of Beqirzade Hasan efendi son of Abdullah Sipahi legalized in 1918 for waqfs in the neighborhood IljasKuka in Prizren.In this collection there is also a large number of documents, mainly of the last years of the Ottoman administration in our country, which have to do with the revenues and expenditures of the waqfs of many institutions of the time, such as mosques, madrasas, etc., and which we think are of interest to be observed.On the other hand, one of the main tasks of the Kosovo Archive is to bring copies of documents related to the national history of Kosovo through foreign cooperation. In this regard, the Kosovo Archive has increased its funds by accessing the Turkish archives, bringing a significant number of endowments in digitized form related to our country. The above-mentioned original endowments will be considered in our paper.

  • Issue Year: 1/2018
  • Issue No: 1-2
  • Page Range: 115-127
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: Albanian