Abolition of Jazia
The immediate result with alliance with the Rajput princes JodhaJodha Salima Sultan, widow of his trusted general and tutor became the queen of Akbar after he was sent for the pilgrimage and died midway. Prior ..... was that in 1562 Jazia, the tax which the victorious followers of prophet charged upon the infidels was abolished. Next in line was abolition of the tax on Hindu Pilgrims, on the base that there should be no obstacles in the way of Man's service to the God.
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The detested Jazia and the pilgrim tax thus abolished during the time of AkbarAkbar, the Great 1556-1605 The reign of Akbar for almost half a century is known as the Golden Period of the Mughal Empire. Akbar was the ..... were reemployed only during the times of AurangzebAurangzeb 1658-1707 Aurangzeb Alamgir sat on the peacock throne with an even longer title of Al-Sultan al-Azam wal Khaqan al-Mukarram Hazrat Abul Muzaffar Muhy-ud-Din Muhammad Aurangzeb ....., uprooting the judicious system imposed by his great grandfather.
But Akbar did not hesitate in interfering in the Hindu practices that offended the sense of humanity - such as Child marriage, animal sacrifice, permission to widows to remarry etc. He was against the burning of widows, though, abolishing sati wholly was beyond his power.
