Get to know Jizya better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning.
Jizya meaning
A per capita tax levied on a section of an Islamic state's non-Muslim citizens, who meet certain criteria.
Using Jizya
- The main meaning on this page is: A per capita tax levied on a section of an Islamic state's non-Muslim citizens, who meet certain criteria.
- In the example corpus, jizya often appears in combinations such as: the jizya, jizya tax, jizya was.
Context around Jizya
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 9 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Jizya
- In this selection, "jizya" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 21.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, mandated, although, burden, tax, obligated and payments stand out and add context to how "jizya" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a burden jizya was and abolishing the jizya tax for. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "jizya" sits close to words such as abdulrasheed, abhinav and aboriginals, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with jizya
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Jizya was not imposed by Jahangir. (6 words)
He rolled back the jizya tax for non-Muslims. (9 words)
Surely it is their divinely mandated Jizya payments from us Dhimmi dogs. (12 words)
The fund succeeded in convincing a number of Iranian Zoroastrians to emigrate to India (where they are known today as Iranis) and may have been instrumental in obtaining a remission of the jizya for their co-religionists in 1882. (39 words)
The terms of the treaty were that the inhabitants of Weh Antiok Khusrau were allowed to leave if they wanted to, but if they did not, they were forced to acknowledge Muslim authority, and also pay tribute ( jizya ). (38 words)
The Congress wants to “implement Aurangzeb’s jizya tax” and also “support cow killing” as the party has become “directionless”, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and BJP leader Yogi Adityanath alleged on Saturday in Madhya Pradesh. (35 words)
Example sentences (20)
Lewis (1984), p. 16. Jizya tax main Payment of the jizya obligated Muslim authorities to protect dhimmis in civil and military matters.
The Congress wants to “implement Aurangzeb’s jizya tax” and also “support cow killing” as the party has become “directionless”, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and BJP leader Yogi Adityanath alleged on Saturday in Madhya Pradesh.
Surely it is their divinely mandated Jizya payments from us Dhimmi dogs.
Although jizya is designated as a poll tax, its assessment and collection is often qualified by income.
Christians, like all non-Muslims throughout the Ottoman Empire, were required to pay the jizya tax.
Dhimmis had to pay a special poll tax (the " jizya "), which exempted them from military service, and also from payment of the Zakat alms tax required of Muslims.
For example, the jizya tax was abolished and non-Muslims were allowed to join the army.
He rolled back the jizya tax for non-Muslims.
His first acts were to refuse to pay the Jizya (tax on non-Muslims) to the Muslims any longer and to assault the small Umayyad garrisons that had been stationed in the area.
In his efforts to spread Islam he established liberties for the Mawali by abolishing the jizya tax for converts to Islam.
In such cases, they were exempted from jizya for the year of service.
Jizya was not imposed by Jahangir.
Lewis states there are varying opinions among scholars as to how much of a burden jizya was.
Most Islamic scholars agree that jizya must be levied only upon adult males.
See p. 62 (second paragraph), p. 65 (third paragraph) The collection of the jizya tax from non-Muslims was widespread throughout the history of Islam.
The common argument is that jizya was a fee in exchange for the dhimma (permission to practice one's faith, enjoy communal autonomy, and to be entitled to Muslim protection from outside aggression).
The fund succeeded in convincing a number of Iranian Zoroastrians to emigrate to India (where they are known today as Iranis) and may have been instrumental in obtaining a remission of the jizya for their co-religionists in 1882.
The major financial disabilities of the dhimmi were the jizya poll tax and the fact dhimmis and Muslims could not inherit from each other.
The terms of the treaty were that the inhabitants of Weh Antiok Khusrau were allowed to leave if they wanted to, but if they did not, they were forced to acknowledge Muslim authority, and also pay tribute ( jizya ).
The Umayyads actively discouraged conversion in order to continue the collection of the jizya, or the tax on non-Muslims.
Common combinations with jizya
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: