DAFTAR – I –SADARAT-UL-ALIYA

Sadarat-ul-Aliya was created during the period of Nizam-ul-Mulk Asaf Jah I. The head of the office was known as Sadr-us-Sudur. The functions of the office were to issue the fatwas i.e. decrees in respect of ecclesiastical matters, to conduct examinations and to issue sanads to religious functionaries, qazis and muftis also. The religious grants, appointments of Muslim religious functionaries and the other matters relating to religious affairs of Muslims also dealt in this daftar. All the records of this Daftar are in Persian and Urdu. The records of the Sadarat-ul-Aliya were shifted to these Archives in 1950.

The detailed table on the records of Daftar Sadarat-ul-Aliya is given below:

S.No	Nature of the Document	Periodicity	No.of Documents approximately
1	Fatwas	1346-1359 F/1936-1949 A.D.	3,852
2	Files of proceedings	1324-1359 F/1914-1949 A.D.	18,176
3	Sanads	1172-1305 F/1758-1888 A.D.	3,852