( Marraige taxes for muslim )
Zarr i Nikkah: Taxes for kashmiri Muslim.
( Shatrashahi – Batamaloo – Srinagar )
During Dogra occupation (Zarri – Nikkah)
1) Zarr i Nikkah : ( Shatrashashi tax )
Zarr means Tax
Shatrashahi : Place In Batamaloo ,srinagar ,during Occupational era of Ranbir Singh ,Kashmiri Muslim were supposed to pay monthly taxes ,if they wish to marry.it served two purpose for Dogra regime .
1) Islamophobic Ranbir singh : Out all of Dogra fuedal kings ,Ranbir singh was quite communal .There are legends about him ,that he did not even like shadows of Muslim crossing him .
a)-To keep a check on muslim population was another intended purpose .
b) Taxes : He used to earn 1 lac rupees per annum by that nikkah tax
2)Satrashahi nikkah tax collection centre :
Marriage tax also known as sathrashahi.
Collection office was established in Shatrashahi ,Srinagar and Molvi Nasir ud din was appointed as incharge there .
( Behind present Civil Secretariat , srinagar) Any one who would wish get married had to pay taxes first at Shatrashashi & then they were allowed to get married
Nikkah tax became deterrent for kashmiri Muslim ,they hardly could manage to pay taxes so they either used to skip idea of marraige
Muslim scholars devised a way out ,they introduced marraige nikkah cermonies in masajids to evade taxes .
This irritated ,the incharge minster of zarri nikkah taxes( Mehan Singh ? ) & he started persecuting those who got married without tax . Ultimately ,one fine morning ,Mehan Singh himself accepted islam and which led to end of tyranical era of Zarr i Nikkah .
To quote ,Saif-ud-Din, Roznamcha, 15 February, 1854., According to the registers of the receipts the sum of 42,000/- rupees had been collected as a tax from Muslims on account of marriages divorces and other connected matters from 1846 to l852
According to Khanyari, Wa-jiz-ut-Tawarikh, 206,“Zar-i-Nikah which had been fixed at three rupees was now raised to s ix rupees including Arzi tax (application fee ) ,Rasum-i-Mandi and Mahaldar, Khar chi-i-Adalat ( expenditure on court).‘’Monthly taxes for Married Muslim couples
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: According to ,assistant officer ,Dept of Archeology ,Molvi Muhammad Shah Saadat ,Tarikh e kashmir ki Roxana Dairy ,pp.597 ,not only Zarr e Nikkah ( nikkah Taxes) ,Muslim couples had to pay monthly taxes even after their marraige up till Pratap Singh took over .
Next : Zarr e Food taxes for pandits
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Kashmir has to be understood ,keeping history in mind .
Kashmir can be understood by those who have human heart – religious thugs ,capitalist ,fascist politicians can’t understand kashmir .
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