E. Ind. Also 7 jid-, judge(e)a, 8 jezia, jezzeea. [Pers. (Arab.) jizyah poll-tax.] The poll-tax imposed by Musulman law on non-Mohammedan subjects; spec. that exacted by the Mogul emperors in India.
1683. Vizier’s Let., in W. Hedges, Diary, 18 July (1887), I. 101. Our list order for taking Custome, and Jidgea.
1686. Fort St. Geo. Cons., in Notes & Extr., I. (1871), 49 (Y. Suppl.). That the Poll-money or Judgeea lately ordered by the Mogul would be exacted of the English and Dutch.
1753. Hanway, Trav. (1762), II. XIV. vii. 371, note. This tax, called the JEZIAH, was wont to be paid by those who were not MAHOMMEDANS.
1815. Elphinstone, Acc. Caubul (1842), II. 71. He also levies the Jezzeea, or tax on Hindoos.
1862. Beveridge, Hist. India, I. I. vi. 142. The jezia or capitation tax on infidels.
