vakuf

Updated: May 21, 2025

The people vaguely expect an earthly paradise where every one will do as he pleases, and find to their dismay that you can no longer evade the sheep-tax by tipping the hodja to let you put your flock on "vakuf" land. The Christian loses his privilege and has to serve in the army which he hates.

M. E. (Mary Edith) Durham - Twenty Years Of Balkan Tangle

All important cases are ultimately referred to him, and as most of these important cases are connected with the Vakuf, the real estate held by the mosques, like our glebe lands at home, it follows that the Sheik ul Islam generally decides in favor of his own class, who are the Ulema, or priests. The consequences of this mode of administering the laws are very" "Capital!" exclaimed John Carvel.

F. Marion (Francis Marion) Crawford - Paul Patoff