Dhimmi ("Protégé," in Arabic)
DHIMMI ("protégé," in Arabic)
Status particular to monotheistic non-Muslims and Zoroastrians, from whom was asked the payment of a special tribute, the jiziya, and that they not serve in the army in exchange for the "protection" of Islam in countries they inhabited.
SEE ALSO Christianity;Jew.
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