jizyah 1

noundomain: possession
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a per capita tax levied on a section of an Islamic state's non-Muslim subjects, who meet certain criteria.

  • 1.The jizya continued to be applied in Persia and many North African countries into the 19th century, but almost vanished in the 20th century.

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