Haseki Sultan Imaret

Haseki Sultan Imaret was an Ottoman public soup kitchen established in Jerusalem to feed the poor during the reign of Suleiman the Magnificent. The imaret was part of a massive Waqf complex built in 1552 by Haseki Hürrem Sultan, the favorite wife of Sultan Suleiman I. This soup kitchen was said to have fed at least 500 people twice a day.

Haseki Sultan Imaret

Haseki Sultan Imaret was an Ottoman public soup kitchen established in Jerusalem to feed the poor during the reign of Suleiman the Magnificent. The imaret was part of a massive Waqf complex built in 1552 by Haseki Hürrem Sultan, the favorite wife of Sultan Suleiman I. This soup kitchen was said to have fed at least 500 people twice a day.