Vakufs and vakifs in West Bosnia and Dalmatia

Abstract

This is a discussion of vakufs on the territory of the previous Sandžak of Klis, which was founded in 1537, after the town was conquered by the Turks. It covers the period till the beginning of the XVII century.
The first part gives a survey of two vakufs on the territory of Dalmatia, which were vakufs of two great Bosnian vakifs, Gazi Husref- beg and Ferhad-paša Sokolović.

Among other vakuf estates of Gazi Husref-beg he put into the vakuf also a čifluk named »Kožulova« and ordered it to be used for the support of his imaret in Sarajevo. That čifluk was near the present town of Benkovac, and today there is a village there called Kožulovac. The čifluk consisted of 25 villages and 6 mezra and gave to the vakuf an income of 23.500 akči yearly. In the vicinity of this čifluk Ferhad-paša testated a čifluk named Tinj and ordered it to support the mosque et Zemunik, the mekteb in the Vrana fortress and the mekteb in the Hrvace kasaba. Tinj also is a known settlement in the municipality Benkovac. These endowments of Ferhad-paša had a great significance for development of the above mentioned places.

The second part gives a short review of vakufs in the settlements that had kasaba status on the territory of the sandžak of Klis, with data concerning incomes and expenses of these vakufs. The following places are considered: Konjic, Prozor, Prusac, Oborci, Donji and Gornji Vakuf, Livno, Sinj, Klis, Vrlike, Drniš, Skradin, Glamoč, Jezero, Zemunik and Hrvace.