INDIAN HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Jizya was a tax levied by the Muslim rulers on Hindu residents of the territory in return for their protection. In India, Qutb-ud-din Aibak imposed jizya for the first time. Jizya was abolished by the Mughal ruler Akbar in the 16th century but was re-introduced by Aurangzeb in the 17th century.

Detailed explanation-2: -Jizya was abolished by the third Mughal emperor Akbar, in 1564. It was finally abolished in 1579.

Detailed explanation-3: -Thus Muslim rulers in India, with the exception of Akbar, collected jizya from Hindus, Buddhists, Jains and Sikhs under their rule.

Detailed explanation-4: -During the Mughal Empire, Jiziya Tax was a tax levied by the Muslim rulers on Non-Muslim citizens of the territory in return for their protection.

Detailed explanation-5: -The jizyah is described in the Qurʾān as a tax that is imposed on a certain erring faction from among the People of the Book (Ahl al-Kitāb; non-Muslim groups such as Christians and Jews recognized in the Qurʾān as possessing a divine scripture) who violate their own religious and ethical principles (9:29).