2013/01/01 by Felicita Tramontana · 1 citation
Arts and Humanities · Social Sciences · #Ancient history #Archaeology #Archaeology and Historical Studies #Asian studies #China #Colonialism, slavery, and trade #Economic history #Economics #Finance #History #Islam #Islamic Studies and History #Law #Palestine #Payment #Political science
paper · doi:10.1163/15685209-12341337
openalex publication_date 2013/01/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/05/21
Abstract Between 13 and 23 March 1650 a number of documents related to the annual collection of the jizya (poll tax) were recorded in the Islamic ( sharīʿa ) court of Jerusalem. Two concern “disputes” between the appointed tax collector and some villagers who refused to pay the jizya because they had recently converted to Islam. It is these documents that this article analyses. Besides their intrinsic interest as records about the payment of the poll tax, they are a valuable source of information on conversion to Islam among Christian villagers in Ottoman Palestine.