Haj subsidy

"One thing remained constant throughout the reign—the investments of Hajj. On average, around 15,000 pilgrims visited Mecca annually to perform Hajj during the Tīmūrid (distorted as Moghūls) era. The official Tīmūrid records tell us that the Tīmūrids sponsored the pilgrimage at public expense with gold, goods and rich presents merely with the desire to stand out as defenders of Islam. The major sponsorship began with the period of Abu’l-Fath Jalal-ud-din Muhammad Akbar when he conquered Gujarat in AD 1573. This victory had given him access to the port of Surat."

"The traveling expenses of anybody who might intend to perform the pilgrimage to the Sacred Places should be paid."

"This, my friends, is the Jaziya that non-Muslims pay in "free" India, one governed by Prime Minister Atal Bihari Hajpayee."