Ottoman Turkish: أوقاف همایون نظارتی Evkaf-ı Hümâyun Nezâreti | |
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Formed | 1840 |
Superseding agency |
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Jurisdiction | Ottoman Empire |
Headquarters | Constantinople |
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The Ministry of Evkaf (Ottoman Turkish: أوقاف همایون نظارتی; Turkish: Evkaf-ı Hümâyun Nezâreti; French: Ministère de l'Evkaf) was an Ottoman Empire ministry in charge of awqaf (evkaf), administering waqfs (then known in Western languages as "vakouf", from the Turkish name). It was upgraded to a ministry in 1840 after being initially created in the century as the Bureau of Imperial Administration of Evkaf (French: Bureau d'Administration impériale de l'Evkaf).[1]