Taxation in Islam
Description:... "The work which is given here in an English translation is one of the most ancient Islamic books which have come down to us. Its author, Yahyā b. Ādam died in the year 203. A.H. (818 A.D.) and as it is well known, the works which have been preserved from the first centuries of Islam may be counted on the fingers. The book deals with the problems and laws of land taxation, land holding and cultivation, the legal position of non-Muslims and related matters. These problems, of great significance in the life of the state and the individual in the Middle East, alwlays a region of agricultural civilization, are of particular interest even to-day to all who study the history of society and it organization, the legal systems and the agrarian problems in this part of the world."--Foreword.
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