Indian Muslims: Who Are They c7.24

c7.24

But for the compensating immigration, the resources of the Mughal empire in the eighteenth century rapidly declined and economic temptations could not be offered to obtain converts. Jiziyah was officially abolished in 1719-20.⁷⁰ It was only a formal recognition of the fact that it could not be collected after Aurangzebs death.⁷¹ In independent Muslim states, which had been fighting against Aurangzeb or had emerged with the decline of the Mughal empire, the effort was to seek the goodwill of the Hindus rather than to annoy them with any campaign for proselytization.⁷²