Abstract:

In the Ottoman State, public services which are considered among the tasks of the state in the today's understanding of social state were being provided by the foundations. Services like finance and defense have been ran by the state and large part of the public service apart form those mentioned have been conducted via foundations. Foundations contributed also to the economic life. The hospitals in the Ottoman State that were all around the country, the income and the cost of the hospitals were all covered by foundations as well. All requirements of Gureba Hospital that subjects to the present study, and that was built and dedicated by Bezmialem Valide Sultan in Istanbul were covered the charge by the foundation. In this hospital used by poor and orphan Muslims was served diagnostic and treatment services to hundreds of thousands of people. This study has analyzed the Waqfiyya of the Gureba Hospital having an important place in Ottoman health system.