Document on buying Gethsemane garden by three brothers from Bosnia in 1681 - text and context

Mujić, Munir (author)

This paper presents a document dating from 1681 (1092 Hijra year): the document confirms the sale and endowment of fig and olive seedlings as well as the other properties on the land of Madrasa al-Ṣalāḥiyya in Jerusalem, which was implemented by the means of the so-called al-ḥikr. The brothers from Sarajevo, Pavle, Jakov and Antun, purchased this particular property and bequeathed it to the Franciscan monks who lived in the monastery al-’Amūd (Monastery of the Holy Saviour) in Jerusalem and to the poor Christians that requ-ired alms. The curious issue in this case is the prevailing opinion of scholars that the space that is the subject of the sale in this document is the space of Gethsemane garden, one of the most important Christian holy sites.

• Language: English
• Keywords: Gethsemane garden, brothers Branković (Brajković), franciscans, Jerusalem, waqf, Madrasah al- ala iyya
• Typology: 1.02 - Review Article
• Organization: TEOF - Theological Faculty
• Publication status: Published
• Publication version: Version of Record
• Year: 2019
• Number of pages: Str. 61-86
• Numbering: Letn. 74, št. 2
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-118071
• UDC: 27-789.32:002\"1681\"
• ISSN on article: 2335-4127
• DOI: 10.34291/Edinost/74/02/Mujic
• COBISS.SI-ID: 11044611
• Publication date in RUL: 18.08.2020

Record is a part of a journal

• Title: Edinost in dialog : revija za ekumensko teologijo in medreligijski dialog = Unity and dialogue : journal for ecumenical theology and interreligious dialogue
• Publisher: Založba Univerze v Ljubljani, Teološka fakulteta Univerze v Ljubljani, Enota v Mariboru in Inštitut Stanka Janežiča za dogmatično, osnovno in ekumensko teologijo ter religiologijo in dialog
• ISSN: 2335-4127
• COBISS.SI-ID: 268194560

Secondary language

• Language: Slovenian
• Title: Dokument o nakupu vrta Getsemani s strani treh bratov iz Bosne leta 1681 - besedilo in kontekst

Abstract

Članek predstavi dokument iz leta 1681 (1092. leto hidžre): dokument potrju-je prodajo in nadarbino sadik fig in oliv ter druge lastnine zemlje Madrasa al-Ṣalāḥiyya v Jeruzalemu, ki je bila urejena s takoimenovanim al-ḥikr. Bratje iz Sarajeva, Pavle, Jakov in Antun, so kupili to zemljo in jo nato zapustili frančiškanskim menihom, ki so živeli v sa-mostanu al-’Amūd (samostan Svetega Rešenika) v Jeruzalemu, in ubogim kristjanom, ki so potrebovali miloščino. Pri tem je zanimivo, da večina strokovnjakov meni, da je prostor, ki je predmet pogodbe, vrt Getsemani, eden najpomembnejših krščanskih svetih krajev.

• Keywords: vrt Getsemani, bratje Branković (Brajković), frančiškani, Jeruzalem, waqf, Madrasah al- ala iyya