Question

The humiliating tax imposed on Hindu in the period of the Sultanate was……….
A.Ushr
B.Kharaj
C.Jazya
D.Zakat

Answer 1

Hint: A tax or financial charge was imposed on permanent non Muslims subjects permanently as per yearly in the states which were governed by Islamic law . Exceptions were for women , children , insanes , handicapped , ills , Moncks, hermits and slaves.

Complete answer:
Jizya is also spelled as jizyah . Jizya was a type of tax imposed on the permanent non Muslim citizens of the states which governed by Islamic law . Jizya mentioned in the Quran and did not specify its rate of amount . In the course of Islamic history Jizya applied in various ways . Jizya applied at the time of Indian Muslim Sultanates and at the Ottoman empire . At that time and place this type of tax was the main source of revenue and income collected by somee Islamic governments. Jaziya rate was fixed on the financial capability of the prayer and how much he usually spent annually .
Historically Jizyah seen as a tax which permant non Muslim pay to the Muslim rulers for their protection, permission to practice their faith in non Muslim areas . People of the book particularly Jews or Christians are referred to as a taxpayer according to the term appeared in Quran but later Hindu and Zorostrains were included in the category of Jizya payer . This tax paying system vanished in the twenty century with the disappearance of Islamic Sultanate's government.

Hence, the correct answer is option (C).

Note: According to some books and Scholars Jizya was a reward of those who purify themselves or who believe in good deeds . The history of origin of Jizyah is complicated as William Mongtgomery Watt , a Scottish historian believes that Jizya traced its origin from pre Islamic era and practiced among the Arabian nomads.