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jizyah

American

[jiz-yuh] / ˈdʒɪz yə /

Or jizya

noun

Islam.

the poll tax formerly paid by minority religious groups within the Muslim empire.

Etymology

Origin of jizyah

From Arabic

Example Sentences

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My companions were in the highest spirits, nothing interfered with the general joy, but the villain Abtidon, who loudly boasted in a road crowded with market people, that the mule which he was riding had been given to us by the Amir as a Jizyah or tribute.

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