English summary: This volume contains the text of the five Ehsan and Latifeh Yarshater Distinguished Lectures on Iranian Studies, organized by the Unite Mixte de Recherche 7528 "Mondes iranien et indien", and delivered in 2012 at the College de France in Paris. It analyses cultural and social--as well as religious, economic, political and material aspects of endowments in Iran from the 14th century up to the present time. The five chapters cover various periods and are arranged chronologically along major themes: The institution of vaqf in early modern and contemporary Iran; Mystical endowments and religious endowments in fourteenth and fifteenth century Azerbaijan; Mashhad and its illumination vaqfs; Robes of honour conferred by Imam Reza; and Philanthropy, public education and nationalism in vaqf foundations of the Pahlavi period. French description: Ce volume reunit les cinq communications presentees dans le cadre des sixiemes Conferences d'etudes iraniennes Ehsan et Latifeh Yarshater, organisees en 2012 par l'Unite Mixte de Recherche 7528 Mondes iranien et indien au College de France a Paris. Il est consacre a l'analyse des aspects culturels et sociaux - ainsi que religieux, economiques, politiques et materiels - des fondations pieuses en Iran du 14e siecle a nos jours. Les cinq chapitres essaient de couvrir des epoques variees et sont classes dans un ordre chronologique a travers leurs themes centrales: L'institution du vaqf a l'epoque pre-moderne et contemporaine; Mouvements mystiques et fondations pieuses en Azerbaidjan aux 14e et 15e siecles; Machhad et ses fondations d'illumination; Robes d'honneur conferees par l'Imam Reza; ainsi que Mecenat, instruction publique et nationalisme dans fondations vaqf a l'epoque Pahlavi.
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