The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c22.7

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The *jizya*, or poll-tax, which according to strict Islamic law was payable only by Jews and Christians, had been claimed by some earlier Muslim rulers from their Hindu subjects. The claim was formally abandoned by Akbar, and in the Mughul period it was first asserted by Aurangzīb. Under effective administration the yield might have been substantial, but this condition was not present, and probably was unattainable in the circumstances of the time; the amount actually realised is not recorded in the published authorities for the period.