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# Mughal Administration c14.s3.3

Mughal Administration c14.s3.3

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### [c14.s3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sarkar-1920.c14.s3.3)

∗ \*Zakāt\* is the obligatory alms-tax of 2½ p.c. from Muslims, while \*sadqa\* is a voluntary payment for charity. In time the two became confounded together. (\*Ency. Isl.\* iv. 33 and 1202; \*Quran\*, ix. 60.)

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