The Legacy of Muslim Rule in India c7.s1.12

c7.s1.12

Muhammad bin Qasim set about organising the administration of the conquered lands like this. The principal sources of revenue were the *jiziyah* and the land-tax. The *Chachnama* speaks of other taxes levied upon the cultivators such as the *baj* and *ushari*. The collection of *jiziyah* was considered a political as well as a religious duty, and was always exacted with vigour and punctuality, and frequently with insult. The native population had to feed every Muslim traveller for three days and nights and had to submit to many other humiliations which are mentioned by Muslim historians.²¹