Darughachi

thumb|Mongol rider with administrator. Painting on silk from the Yuan dynasty|Yuan era. Art and History Collection, on loan to the [[Arthur M. Sackler Gallery.]]

Darughachi (Mongol form) or Basqaq (Turkic form) were originally designated officials in the Mongol Empire who were in charge of taxes and administration in a certain province. The singular form of the Mongolian word is darugha. They were sometimes referred to as governors. The term corresponds to (Persian: ) and or Turkic, in Pinyin or in Wade–Giles (Traditional Chinese characters: ; Simplified Chinese characters: ) in Chinese.