rishtidars

Updated: May 19, 2025

On my asking him if we did not maintain justice in the land, he said no, and adduced the fact that in every case brought before the courts an enormous amount of bribery goes on among the Rishtidars, and other understrappers, whereby the man with most money wins his cause.

William Henry Knight - Diary of a Pedestrian in Cashmere and Thibet