Home›Sources›The Provision of Public Goods under Islamic Law: Origins, Impact, and Limitations of the Waqf SystemSourcesThe Provision of Public Goods under Islamic Law: Origins, Impact, and Limitations of the Waqf SystemLaw and Society ReviewCitation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. "The Provision of Public Goods under Islamic Law: Origins, Impact, and Limitations of the Waqf System." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://divinity.interactivelion.com/sources/kuran-provision-of-public-goods-under-islamic-law-2001.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). The Provision of Public Goods under Islamic Law: Origins, Impact, and Limitations of the Waqf System. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://divinity.interactivelion.com/sources/kuran-provision-of-public-goods-under-islamic-law-2001Copy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{divinityatlas-the-provision-of-public-goods-under-isla, author = {Divinity Atlas}, title = {The Provision of Public Goods under Islamic Law: Origins, Impact, and Limitations of the Waqf System}, year = {2026}, url = {https://divinity.interactivelion.com/sources/kuran-provision-of-public-goods-under-islamic-law-2001}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXA 2001 journal article by the economic historian Timur Kuran analysing the Islamic waqf system, its historical scale and its long-run economic limitations.FactsClaims Backed By This Source (13 claims)Comments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)FactsAssessmentReliability TierWell-attested1A peer-reviewed article in Law and Society Review by an economic historian who specialises in Islamic economic institutions, tier one, matching the tier the map gives comparable peer-reviewed journal articles; used here for the waqf land-share estimates for early Republican Turkey and 1920s Egypt.NotesWell-attestedEstimates that waqf endowments accounted for roughly three quarters of Turkey's arable land at the founding of the Turkish Republic in 1923, and for about 12.5 percent of Egypt's cultivated land in the 1920s.CitationAuthorWell-attestedTimur KuranPublisherWell-attestedLaw and Society Review, vol. 35, no. 4Publication YearWell-attested2001URLWell-attestedhttps://sites.duke.edu/timurkuran/files/2016/10/waqf-2001-1.original.pdfSource TypeWell-attestedJournal articleClaims Backed By This Source (13 claims)This source backs 13 claims across the atlas. As facts: 12 well-attested. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.Disposition By TopicSources, 8 claims: 8 well-attested.Empires & Polities, 5 claims: 4 well-attested, 1 general references.Well-attested12Empires & PolitiesOttoman EmpireSourcesThe Provision of Public Goods under Islamic Law: Origins, Impact, and Limitations of the Waqf SystemGeneral References1Empires & PolitiesOttoman EmpireComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year