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, the counterpart of the zakat, or obligatory alms, paid by Muslim subjects...

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...

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...

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...

in Vadnagar, Vishalnagar and Ahmadabad. Raj Singh protested against the Jizya tax levied by Aurangzeb. Raj Singh opposed Aurangzeb multiple times, once...

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...

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...

the Muslim poor and needy. It was a tax collected by the Islamic state. jizya - a per capita yearly tax historically levied by Islamic states on certain...

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...