Abstract
Oxford University would seem to represent the quintessential English academic institution. Yet, in its early phases of development, Oxford may have owed much to the Islamic legal institution of waqf (pl. awqaf), charitable trust.1 The incorporation of Merton College, Oxford, in 1274, is generally considered to mark the foundation of the modern college system.2 The other colleges at Oxford, as well as Cambridge and myriad other institutions, accepted the Regula Mertonensis as embodying the ideal collegiate structure.3 In its original form, however, the House of the
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