Multiple choice

What was the jizya?

  1. A holy struggle

  2. A tax on non-Muslims

  3. A rightly chosen caliph

  4. A chief administrator
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Jizya was a per-capita tax levied on non-Muslim subjects (dhimmis) in Islamic states, which Akbar famously abolished before it was later reinstated by Aurangzeb.

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