conquered lands replaced arabic sometimes force al biruni 's ''from remaining signs past centuries'' example written number historians see rule umayyads setting dhimmah increase taxes ' 'dhimmis'' benefit muslim arab community financially discouraging conversion ref name astren fred astren pg ref governors lodged complaints caliph enacted laws made conversion easier depriving provinces revenues th century many non arabs persians entered islam recognized mawali clients
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