DAFTAR – I – BAKHSHIGIRI

Nizam-ul-Mulk Asaf Jah I was the Subadar of the Mughal Deccan from 1724 – 1748 A.D. and therefore the Mughal regional administration existed in the province of the Deccan. There might be slight variations in the administration of the provinces due to circumstances and requirements of the respective regions. Nizam-ul-Mulk Asaf Jah I divided the military administration of the suba into sarishtas and every sarishta functioned under a Sarishtadar.

The records of this Daftar are very important so far as the military history of the Asaf Jahi period is concerned. These records consist of descriptive rolls, casuality lists of soldiers and horses, petitions, pay bills, diaries and other papers. The records of this Daftar are in Persian and Urdu. The records of this Daftar were transferred to Archives in 1939 A.D.

The Particulars of the Records of the Daftar-i-Bakhshigiri are shown below:

S.No	Nature of the Document	Periodicity	No.of Documents approximately
1	Ahkam (Orders)	1776-1929 A.D.	7,450
2	Amsila-i-Minhai (Deduction)	1795-1929 A.D.	4,90,100
3	Arz-o-Chehra (Descriptive rolls)	1894-1931 A.D.	37,145
4	Barawurdat (Pay bills)	1894-1931 A.D.	1,27,300
5	Fautinama (Death certificate of the person)	1795-1929 A.D.	18,370
6	Fihrist-i-Sawaran (List of Sawars)	1756-1929 A.D.	2,754
7	Files of proceedings	1756-1929 A.D.	9,856
8	IItimas and Arzi	1756-1929 A.D.	1,25,869
9	Jama-i- Wusul-i-Baqi (Statement of revenue estimates).	1785-1929 A.D.	1,600
10	Kaifiyat	1760-1929 A.D.	2,680
11	Kaifiyat-i-Jamadaran (Particular of Jamadars)	1760-1929 A.D.	2,534
13	Qabz-i-Rasid (Receipt of payment)	1797-1899 A.D.	18,069
14	Saqtinama (Death certificate of the horse)	1795-1929 A.D.	18,370
15	Siyahas (|Reports)	1756-1929 A.D.	37,642
16	Sawal(Request, petition)	1791-1929 A.D.	2,110
17	Yaddasht (Memorandum)	1760-1929 A.D.	4,000