Ministry of Evkaf
| Ottoman Turkish: اوقاف همایون نظارتی Evkaf-ı Hümâyun Nezâreti | |
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| Formed | 1840 |
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| Jurisdiction | Ottoman Empire |
| Headquarters | Constantinople |
The Ministry of Evkaf (Ottoman Turkish: اوقاف همایون نظارتی; Turkish: Evkaf-ı Hümâyun Nezâreti) was an Ottoman Empire ministry in charge of awqaf (evkaf), administering waqfs (then known in Western languages as "vakouf", from the Turkish name). It was upgraded to a ministry in 1840 after being initially created in the century as the Bureau of Imperial Administration of Evkaf (French: Bureau d'Administration impériale de l'Evkaf).