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Al-Mutawakkil imposes badge, office ban and house tax on non-Muslims
The caliph Al-Mutawakkil forced Jews, Christians and Magi to wear a distinguishing badge, barred them from public office, and made them pay a tax of a tenth of the value of their houses.
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- Caliph Al-Mutawakkil
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Al-Mutawakkil made a decree ordering dhimmi Jews and Christians to wear…
al-Mutawakkil made a decree ordering dhimmi Jews and Christians to wear garments distinguishing them from Muslims, their places of worship to be destroyed, and allowing them little involvement in government or official matters.
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Caliph Al-Mutawakkil decrees that Dhimmi — Jews and Christians — wear the zunnar, honey-coloured outer garments and badge-like patches on their servants' clothing to distinguish them from Muslims. Further, their places of worship are to be destroyed with demonic effigies nailed to the door and they are to be allowed little involvement in government or official matters.
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- Caliph Al-Mutawakkil
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Confiscation of Jewish places of worship under Al-Mutawakkil
Under Al-Mutawakkil, synagogues and other non-Muslim houses of worship were seized and converted into mosques.
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- Caliph Al-Mutawakkil
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Al-Mutawakkil reissues the distinguishing-dress ordinance
Caliph al-Mutawakkil reissued and reinforced the rule requiring non-Muslims, including Jews, to wear distinguishing marks.
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- Caliph al-Mutawakkil
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- Muslim world (several countries)
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Full enforcement of the Pact of Omar under Mutawakkil
Abbasid caliph Mutawakkil enforced the Pact of Omar restrictions on Jews and Christians to their full extent.
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- Caliph Mutawakkil
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- Abbasid Caliphate (several countries)
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Expulsion of the Jews from Sens by Archbishop Anségise
Archbishop Anségise expelled the Jews from Sens, probably on the pretext that they were in secret contact with the Normans.
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- Anségise, Archbishop of Sens
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