Question : Who was the Delhi Sultan to impose Jizya even on the Brahmins ?
Option 1: Ala- ud - din- Khilji
Option 2: Firuz Tughluq
Option 3: Muhammad Tughluq
Option 4: Balban
Correct Answer: Firuz Tughluq
Solution : Correct Answer is Firuz Tughluq
Historically, the Jizyah tax was a per-capita annual tax imposed on non-Muslims called the ‘dhimma.’ Women, children, old people, disabled, ill, insane, monastic, hermit, etc. were exempt from the tax. The Delhi sultan, known as the ‘kindest’ of the Delhi Sultans, was a hardline Muslim who imposed the Jizya tax on the Hindus and made it an autonomous tax.
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