The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c15.87
The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c15.87
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From Delhi Akbar returned, on 10 February, to Āgra, where he was on 11 March, the beginning of the ninth regnal year, which was signalised by the abolition of the *jizya*, or poll-tax, on Hindus and other non-Muslims. Badāūnī places this event in the year 1579 and, strange to say, does not condemn it.¹