DAFTAR – I – MULKI

Daftar-i-Mulki was established in 1846. It was the personal Daftar of Nawab Siraj-ul-Mulk Bahadur (1846-1853 A.D.) and Salarjung Bahadur (1853- 1883) who were the Prime Ministers of the Nizam’s and was the Peshi Office of the Prime Minister of former Hyderabad State. The records of this Daftar are available from 1259 – 1338 H./ 1842-1928 A.D. The records consist of treaties and enactments, correspondence with the government of India and the British Resident at Hyderabad, orders issued to the government departments and officials of the state. Actually, Daftar-i-Mulki dealt with the Jagir and Inam matters issued by the Prime Ministers. The language of the records of this daftar is Persian, and a large number of documents are available in English also. The records of this daftar were transferred to Daftar-i-Diwani in the year 1921.

The detailed particulars of records available in the Daftar-i-Mulki are shown below:

S.No	Nature of the Document	Periodicity	No.of Documents approximately
1	Appointment of Resident	-	1
2	Asnadi files (Sanads)	1259 to 1337 H/1843 to 1918	8
3	Atiyat files	-	112
4	Atiyat files pertaining to Berar Suba	-	6
5	Draft of Sanads, Ahkam, Qualnamas and Dastaks	1261 to 1297 H/ 1845 to 1879 A.D.	34
6	English papers	-	36
7	Files of coronation of Nizams and appointment of Prime Ministers	-	1
8	Files of Private Secretary	-	33
9	Files pertaining to boundaries	-	5
10	Files of Railways	-	14
11	Files of Post Offices	-	4
12	Iqtidarnamajat	-	1
13	Journeys of the Nizams and Prime Ministers	-	2
14	Reserved establishment	-	3
15	Miscellaneous papers and files concerning cases of Atiyat-i- Mulki, Stationery, Telugu and Marathi papers	-	138