The Military System of the Marathas, with a Brief Account of Their Maritime Activities c6.46.4

c6.46.4

It was on this account that Nizam-ul-Mulk found it necessary to purchase their departure from his immediate neighbourhood. ‘Nizam-ul-Mulk so arranged that instead of the chauth of the suba of Haidarabad, a sum of money should be paid from his treasury; and that the sar-deshmukhi, which was levied from the raiyats at the rate of ten per cent should be abandoned. He thus got rid of the presence of the kamaish-dars of the chauth, and the gumashtas of the sar-deshmukhi and the rahdari, from which latter impost great annoyance had fallen upon traders and travellers.’³