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kharaj

Tax imposed on recent Islamic converts in the 7th–8th century. In Islamic territories, Jews, Christians, and Zoroastrians who did not convert to Islam were required to pay a tax called the jizya. Many people converted to Islam to avoid this tax or to escape the ban on non-Muslims owning land. As financial problems mounted for the Umayyad rulers, authorities imposed the kharaj as a property tax for recent converts. Popular opposition to the tax led to a revolt in 747 and precipitated the downfall of the Umayyad dynasty.



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Included among the special sources are Kharaj and Amwal literature that we have discussed earlier.
And after that he went out to Mount Sinai, (19) and resided there also for a number of years, in strict devotion and in the service of the monks and solicitude for them, so that he came to go regularly to Aylah (20) because of the kharaj tax on the estate of Qasr al-Tur, (21) as well as the kharaj tax on the Christians of Pharan and Raitho.
In fact, the taxes of Zakat (benevolence tax), and Kharaj (land tax) are direct taxes.
 
 
 
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