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Q. For the first time in Gujarat, who implemented Jizya tax?
Answer: Ahmed Shah I
Notes: Ahmad Shah (1411-1442), a ruler of Gujarat, introduced the Jizya in 1414 and collected it with such strictness that many people converted to Islam to evade it.Jizya was abolished by the third Mughal emperor Akbar, in 1564. Jizya was a per capita yearly tax historically leviedon non-Muslim subjects, permanently residing in Muslim lands governed by Islamic law.

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