A peer-reviewed 2014 Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society article examining Karachi judicial records on the Nizari Khoja community, recording the dasond tithe as between 10 and 12 percent of a follower's earnings.
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Citation
AuthorMichel Boivin
PublisherJournal of the Royal Asiatic Society, Cambridge University Press
Publication Year2014
URLhttps://doi.org/10.1017/S1356186314000224
Source Typepeer-reviewed article
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Tier 1: a peer-reviewed article by Michel Boivin in the Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, volume 24, issue 3 (2014), published by Cambridge University Press, examining judicial records from the Nizari Khoja community of Karachi. Its footnote 11 states directly, "The tithe, known as dasond, was between 10-12 per cent of the followers' earnings." Claims Backed By This Source (11 claims)
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