History of Aurangzib, Based on Original Sources v5.c83.s3.9

v5.c83.s3.9

(ii) Exactions by local officers under the name of *rahdari* (road patrol charge or internal transit duty), presents (*peshkash*), writer's fee, and *farmaish* (supplying manufactures to order of the governor for which it was not customary to take the price.)