Noun
jizya (usually uncountable, plural jizyas)
(Islam, historical) A per capita tax levied on a section of an Islamic state's non-Muslim citizens, who meet certain criteria.
Synonym: kharaj
Submit to Islam and be safe. Or agree to the payment of the Jizya (tax), and you and your people will be under our protection, else you will have only yourself to blame for the consequences, for I bring the men who desire death as ardently as you desire life. Khalid ibn al-Walid
No doctor but the great doctor (Hanifa), to whose school we belong, has assented to the imposition of the jizya (poll tax) on Hindus. Doctors of other schools allow no other alternative but 'Death or Islam.'" Alauddin Khalji
By Him in Whose hand is my life, the son of Mary will soon descend among you as a just judge. He will break crosses, kill swine and abolish Jizya and the wealth will pour forth to such an extent that no one will accept it. Jesus Christ
According to Norman Stillman : "jizya and kharaj were a "crushing burden for the non-Muslim peasantry who eked out a bare living in a subsistence economy." Source: Internet
Christians, like all non-Muslims throughout the Ottoman Empire, were required to pay the jizya tax. Source: Internet
For example, the jizya tax was abolished and non-Muslims were allowed to join the army. Source: Internet