Sentence examples for fixed tribute from inspiring English sources

It relied on the collection of a fixed tribute by the local non-Muslim (mostly Zoroastrian) gentry, the dihqans, who often discriminated against the Muslim settlers and the native converts.

Each province was required to pay yearly a fixed amount in gold or silver, and each vassal state paid a fixed tribute in kind.

The situation was further exacerbated by the fact that in the remaining provinces, semi-autonomous governors, grandees and members of the dynasty were able to establish virtual latifundia, aided by the system of muqata'a, a form of tax farming in exchange for a fixed tribute, which they often failed to pay.

To do this, Darius created twenty provinces called satrapies (or archi) which were each assigned to a satrap (archon) and specified fixed tributes that the satrapies were required to pay.

He completed the organization of the empire into satrapies, initiated by Cyrus the Great, and fixed the annual tribute due from each province.

According to William of Malmesbury, after the meeting at Eamont Æthelstan summoned the Welsh kings to Hereford, where he imposed a heavy annual tribute and fixed the border between England and Wales in the Hereford area at the River Wye.

8 January: The Sunday Mirror reports that the Newsnight investigation was axed and refers to a clash with the Fix It tribute show.

She meant the Savile tribute programme due to go out in the festive season, when schedules are as fixed as protocol at a Japanese royal funeral.

The North Koreans moved past the exhibits, their faces fixed in polite expressions that showed little awe or envy of the palaces and intricate historical tributes that their Southern counterparts had built since the end of the war.

The night has been a tribute of sorts — earlier, Thug had emerged sporting a flowing white blouse, lace gloves, and a microphone fixed with Prince's "Love" symbol.

The win was a tribute to a refreshing app that celebrates the best of what the subway has to offer, instead of asserting something that needs to be fixed.