"As the official history written from State papers at the instance of his favourite secretary puts it, “‘All the aims of the religious Emperor being directed to the spread of the law of Islam and the overthrow of infidel practices, he issued orders that from Ist Rabi-ul-awwal (=2 April 1679), jaziya should be levied from the zimmis in accordance with the Quranic injunction till they pay compensation out of their hands in humility." (M.A. 174.) The Mirat-i-Ahmadi, 313, another history based upon official papers, ascribes the same motive to the Emperor."