Muslim conquest of Persia capital known as "shahristan". The subdistricts were called "tasok" in Middle Persian, which was adopted as "tassuj" (plural "tasasij") into Arabic. After the Muslim conquest of Persia, Zoroastrians were given dhimmi status and subjected to persecutions; discrimination and harassment began in the form of sparse violence. Zoroastrians were made to pay an extra tax called jizya, failing which they were either killed, enslaved or imprisoned. Those paying jizya were subjected to insults and humiliation by the tax collectors. Zoroastrians who were captured as slaves in wars were given their freedom if they converted to Islam. Muslim leaders in their effort
Previously Unaired Christmas Previously Unaired Christmas "Previously Unaired Christmas" is the eighth episode and fall finale of the fifth season of the American musical television series "Glee", and the ninety-sixth episode overall. It was directed by Wendey Stanzler and written by Ross Maxwell, and it aired on Fox in the United States on December 5, 2013. The episode is the show's fourth Christmas special, but due to season five being set in the same calendar year as season four, it is a non-canonical episode which purports to be the original season four Christmas special, suppressed by Fox. Commentators reacted negatively to this episode,