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🛡️ Protected non-Muslim 🛡️ Protected person
zimmi

zimmi

9.9
Relating to a person who is not Muslim but lives under Muslim rulers with protection
  • adjective
  • Specialized
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  • The historian explained the zimmi communities' rights and obligations in medieval Islamic societies.

Examples

  • Legal documents outlined the zimmi status granted to certain religious minorities.

  • The zimmi population often played a key role in the economic life of the city.

  • A zimmi has specific rights.

  • Don't forget that being a zimmi came with specific obligations!

  • The historian explained the zimmi communities' rights and obligations in medieval Islamic societies.

  • Legal documents outlined the zimmi status granted to certain religious minorities.

  • The zimmi population often played a key role in the economic life of the city.

Surface Forms

zimmi positive

Etymology

Zimmi comes from the Arabic word dhimma meaning 'protection' or 'pledge', and it is also spelled dhimmi. So zimmi as an adjective refers to things relating to people 'under protection' who had a special place or status in Muslim societies.