Mughal Administration c10.s4.6

c10.s4.6

"The qazis or judges are not invested with sufficient power to redress the wrongs of these unhappy people [*viz.*, the peasant artisan or tradesman oppressed by the jagirdars, governors and farmers of the revenue]. This sad abuse of authority may not be felt in the same degree near capital cities...or in the vicinity of large towns and seaports, because in those places acts of gross injustice cannot easily be