“Let them (officials) neither oppress the poor rayahs (peasants) nor cause them to be vexed by the demand for new impositions in
addition to the well-known yearly taxes which they are accustomed to give.... The poor peasants should not be troubled. The people of the provinces and dwellers in the towns should be protected and preserved by the removal of injustices, and very great attention should be paid to making prosperous the condition of the subjects, making the districts joyous and flourishing and to protecting and preserving the property and lives of travelers on the road." - Sari Mehmed Pasha, a Turkish official of the 18th century
According to Pasha, the peasants and merchants should be willing to challenge the traditional policies by
