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liberty to go where they will. Whosoever of them adopts Islâm, shall have the same rights as we and be bound by the same obligations; and their merchants are entitled to go whither they will in the countries that have become ours through capitulation. Those of them who do not adopt Islâm[1] are bound to pay poll-tax and kharâj. Allah is witness and his witness is sufficient."
- ↑ Cf. Zaidân, vol. iv, p. 122, Margoliouth's translation.
