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- Jizya (Arabic: جِزْيَة, romanized: jizya), or jizyah, is a type of taxation historically levied on non-Muslim subjects of a state governed by Islamic law...
- freedom of religion, in exchange for loyalty to the state and payment of the jizya tax, in contrast to the zakat, or obligatory alms, paid by the Muslim subjects...
- abled-bodied adult men. The jizya amount could also vary with the income of the individual. However, according to Shibli Nomani, the word jizya is an Arabicised...
- exempt from certain duties specifically ****igned to Muslims if they paid the jizya poll tax, but otherwise equal under the laws of property, contract, and...
- Qur'an’s verses about the Jizya. These verses give the idea of the Jizya as an act of humiliation and ethnic diversion. The Jizya used to be a tribute required...
- practicality, the jizya replaced the Sasanian poll taxes, which tended to be much higher than the jizya. In addition to the jizya, the old Sasanian land...
- in Vadnagar, Vishalnagar and Ahmadabad. Raj Singh protested against the Jizya tax levied by Aurangzeb. Raj Singh opposed Aurangzeb multiple times, once...
- under Ottoman law in exchange for loyalty to the state and payment of the jizya tax. Orthodox Christians were the largest non-Muslim group. With the rise...
- and Jews were allowed to practice their own religion but had to pay the jizya (poll tax) from which Muslims were exempt. Muslims were required to pay...
- since the fall of the Rajput Paramara dynasty in 1305 CE. He also removed Jizya tax from the Hindus which was earlier imposed by Muslim rulers. He is considered...