INDIAN HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -jizyah, also spelled jizya, historically, a tax (the term is often incorrectly translated as a “head tax” or “poll tax”) paid by non-Muslim populations to their Muslim rulers.

Detailed explanation-2: -Jizya was abolished by the third Mughal emperor Akbar, in 1564. It was finally abolished in 1579. However, Aurangzeb, the sixth emperor, re-introduced and levied jizya on non-Muslims in 1679.

Detailed explanation-3: -Jizya is a kind tax levied by the Muslim rulers on certain permanent Non-Muslim residents of the Muslim territory under Islamic law for their protection. And the tax was fixed by understanding the payment level of the people. The poor won’t pay the same tax what the rich pays.