“[Aurangzeb] was of the opinion that he had found in this tax an excellent means of succeeding in converting them, besides thereby replenishing his treasuries greatly…”

— Niccolao Manucci

About the Jizya. Manucci III. Quoted from Lal, K. S. (1990). Indian muslims: Who are they.
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Italian writer and historian 1638–1717

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