Why did the Ottoman Turks, unlike the Arabs of the 7th-8th centuries, not strive to convert all their subjects to Islam?
| October 31, 2020 | Education
The non-believers (they were called raya, i.e. the herd) paid the Ottomans a much higher tax than the Muslim subjects.
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