Original sentence: Jizya and kharaj taxes were the largest, and together the predominant contributor to total annual taxes collected by the Muslim officials in various Islamic states, These taxes were a "crushing burden for the non-Muslim peasantry who eked out a bare living in a subsistence economy", yet in some cases such as the Byzantine region, these taxes reflected a lower burden than taxes before
Edited sentence: Jizya and kharaj taxes were the largest, and together the predominant contributor to total annual taxes collected by the Muslim officials in various Islamic states,