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  • A dhimmi (Arabic: ذمي ‎ [ˈðɪmːiː], collectively أهل الذمة ahl al-dhimmah, "the people of the dhimma or pact of protection"; Ottoman Turkish & Urdu zimmi, "one whose zimma [responsibility of protection] has been taken") is a non-Muslim subject of a state governed in accordance with sharia law.

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  • A dhimmi also zimmi, Arabic ذمي, usually translated as “protected”, plural: ahl al-dhimma is a non-Muslim subject of a state governed in accordance with sharia — Islamic law.

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