DAFTAR – I – DAR-UL-INSHA

The Daftar-i-Dar-Ul-Insha was the personal office of the Nizam Ali Khan. Asaf Jah II Mir Nizam Ali Khan and his successors. This Daftar entered into correspondence with the Mughal Emperors, the Marathas, the British Governor Generals and the Governors of the British presidencies and provinces from the beginning of 1762 A.D. The formal and ceremonial correspondence with the contemporary Indian princes is also available even after 1858 A.D. In addition to it, it dealt with matters relating to the issues of sanads pertaining to Jagirs, etc. Fair copies of all the orders issued under the seal of the rulers were granted to the parties by this office. This office was under the charge of an officer called Mir Munshi. The records of this Daftar were transferred to Daftar-i-Diwani in the year 1938.

The complete particulars of the records of Daftar-i-Dar-Ul-Insha are shown below:

S.No	Nature of the Document	Periodicity	No.of Documents approximately
1	Akhams and farmans of the Mughals Emperors, Asaf Jahi rulers and news reports of daily etc.	-	100
2	Kaifiyat of Mahalat (Details of the Courts of wards: places and districts)	-	91
3	Kaifiyat-i-Jagirdaran-wo-Inamdaran of suba-i-Farkhunda-Buniyad and other Subas.	-	218
4	Kharitas (letters) from the period of Nawab Mir Nizam Ali Khan and Nawab Mir Osman Ali Khan	1785-1990 A.D.	161
5	Sanads of the period of Nawab Nizam Ali Khan (1762-1803 A.D.), Nizam The -II	1185-1207 H./1717 – 1792 A.D.	28
6	Sanads of the period of Nawab Sikandar Jah Bahadur (1803- 1829), Nizam The -III	1225-1239 H./1810-1823 A.D.	11
7	Sanads of the period of Nasir-ud- Daula Bahadur (1829-1857), Nizam The -IV	1244-1270 H./1829-1853 A.D.	134
8	Sanads of the period of Nawab Afzal- ud-Daula Bahadur (1857-1869), Nizam The -V	1273 H./1857	21
9	Sanads of the period of Nawab Mir Mahboob Ali Khan Bahadur (1869- 1911), Nizam The -VI	1285-1301 H./1869-1883 A.D.	43
10	Sanads of the period of Nawab Mir Osman Ali Khan Bahadur (1911- 1948), Nizam The -Vii	1332 H./1914 A.D.	29
11	Sanads and other papers having no date and period	-	4
12	Yaddasht-i-Amal-i-Sirdeshmukhi (memorandum of the tenure of Sirdeshmukhi)	-	14