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Blood Money: Encyclopedia - Blood Money
Blood money is money paid by a killer as compensation to the next of kin of a murder victim.
The idea of paying money in order to termina...
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Danegeld: Encyclopedia Ii - Danegeld - History
This kind of payment was not unique for England. According to Snorri Sturluson and Rimbert, Finland and the Baltic states paid the same k...
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Cantonist: Encyclopedia Ii - Cantonist - Cantonists In Russia
Cantonists (Russian language: Кантонисты) were sons of Russian private soldiers who from 1805 were educated in special "canton ...
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Jizya: Encyclopedia Ii - Jizya - Sources
Jizya - Qur'an.
The imposition of jizya upon non-Muslims is mandated by Sura 9.29 of the Qur'an.
Fight those who believe not in Allah n...
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Blood Money: Encyclopedia Ii - Blood Money - Islamic And Arab Tradition
In Islamic and Arab traditions, blood money is the money paid by the killer or his family or clan to the family or the clan of the victim...
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Danegeld: Encyclopedia Ii - Danegeld - Danegeld In A Runestone
A runestone near Stockholm (U344) relates of a Swede who took three Danegelds under three different leaders:
in ulfr hafir onklati * Þr...
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Danegeld: Encyclopedia Ii - Danegeld - Danegeld In A Poem
Danegeld is the subject of a poem by Rudyard Kipling.
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Jizya: Encyclopedia Ii - Jizya - Criticism
Criticism of jizya has typically focused not only on its specific application to non-Muslims, but its alleged humiliating nature. It has ...
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Jizya: Encyclopedia Ii - Jizya - Definitions
Shakir and Khalifa's English translations of the Qur'an render jizya as "tax", while Pickthal translates it as "tribute". Yusuf Ali prefe...
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Jizya: Encyclopedia Ii - Jizya - Application
Jizya was applied to every free adult male member of the People of the Book, and/or non-Muslim living in lands under Muslim rule. There w...
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Jizya: Encyclopedia Ii - Jizya - History
Jizya was levied in the time of Muhammad on vassal tribes under Muslim protection, including Jews in Khaybar, Christians in Najran, and Z...
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