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==Registers of Endowed Properties ( | ==Registers of Endowed Properties (''Waqfiyāt'')== | ||
Research use: Good for family historians because of lineage linked information. The waqf system was not limited to Muslims. | Research use: Good for family historians because of lineage linked information. The waqf system was not limited to Muslims. | ||
Record type: The waqf is similar in some respects to the concept of a will. | Record type: The ''waqf'' is similar in some respects to the concept of a will. | ||
Time period:1200 to present. | Time period:1200 to present. | ||