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...
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adult men. The jizya amount could also be vary with the income of the individual. However, according to Shibli Nomani, the word jizya is an Arabicised...
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Economic history of the Arab world (section Jizya)
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...
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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...
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Hindu–Islamic relations (section Jizya)
special tax called Jizya from non-Muslims (dhimmi), who are not liable to pay Zaka'at, who live in a Muslim state. Historically, the jizya tax has been understood...
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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...
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Rashidun Caliphate (section Jizya)
tax and acknowledging Muslim rule. Dhimmis were also required to pay the jizya. The Rashidun caliphs had placed special emphasis on relatively fair and...
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anything more than land tax, while the term jizya was restricted to the poll-tax on dhimmis. The influence of jizya on conversion has been a subject of scholarly...
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large-scale conversion from Christianity to Islam, motivated in part by a jizya tax for those who refused to convert. Islam became the faith of the majority...
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