Khums was paid from all seized movable property to the caliphal treasury. India From the 10th century through the 18th century, Muslim armies raided non-Muslim kingdoms of India. Some of these Muslim armies came from the northwest, consisting of Turko-Mongols, Persians and Afghans. In other times, these were commanders of Delhi Sultanate. War spoils and looted movable property from infidels (Hindus, Jains, Buddhists) was subject to khums. The 20% tax was transferred to the treasury of the sultanate, and the 80% was distributed among the commanders, mounted soldiers and foot soldiers. The mounted soldiers were given two to three times as much of the war booty as the foot soldiers. The collected war booty from the treasuries and temples of Hindus were an incentive for war, and the Khums (Ghanima tax) was a source of wealth for the sultans in India. One batch of loot was from Warangal, and it included the Koh-i-Noor, one of the largest known diamonds in human history. See also Zakat Qard al-Hassan Jizya Kharaj Nisab Dhimmi List of battles of Muhammad Criticism of Twelver Shia Islam Notes References External links Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥasan Ṭūsī, , Sections 12 and 13, pages 149-151; 11th Century Shia views on Khums, Ghana'im and Anfal Abdulaziz Sachedina, Journal of Near Eastern Studies, Vol. 39, No. 4 (Oct., 1980), pp. 275–289; Al-Khums: The Fifth in the Imāmī Shīʿī Legal System Khums, An Islamic Tax Shia Islam Islamic worship Taxation in Islam Islamic terminology Arabic words and phrases in Sharia Sharia legal terminology