Title | Serving up charity: The Ottoman public kitchen |
Publication Type | Journal Article |
Year of Publication | 2005 |
Authors | Singer A |
Journal | Journal of Interdisciplinary History |
Volume | 35 |
Pagination | 481–500 |
Keywords | Bayezid, charity, Edirne, imaret, kitchen |
Abstract | Ottoman public kitchens, known as ‘imaret, aqhane, darü’l-itam,ordarü’z-ziyafe,handed out food, free of charge, to specific groups and to fortunate individuals. These public kitchens were constructed throughout the territories of the Ottoman Empire, from the fourteenth century into the nineteenth. Prior to the Ottoman era, there is no indication that purpose-built public kitchens were |
URL | https://www.mitpressjournals.org/doi/pdf/10.1162/0022195052564252 |