capitation tax

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Rayah, r�′ya, n. a non-Mohammedan subject of Turkey who pays the capitation tax.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various

Up to 1671, all Creoles, Mulattoes, free Negroes, etc., paid a capitation tax.

From The Journal of Negro History, Volume 1, January 1916 by Various

Similarly regarding the jizy�, or capitation tax imposed by Muhammadan sovereigns on those of another faith.

From Rulers of India: Akbar by Malleson, George Bruce

Almost at the outbreak of the Civil War it also gave the king a graduated capitation tax.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 4 "England" to "English Finance" by Various

The capitation tax too, which was remitted for three years on the pasha’s accession to the people of Cairo, Alexandria, Damietta and Rascheed, is now called for. 

From Letters from Egypt by Ross, Janet