Army Headquarters Secretariat

The Hyderabad State maintained huge number of army personnel among the Indian States i.e. Regular Forces, Irregular Forces, Golconda Brigade, the Imperial Service Troops, the Mahboob Regiment and volunteers also. The Regular troops forces formed in 1857 A.D. because the subsidiary and contingent forces badly needed for suppressing of 1st War of Indendence in 1857. It also necessary for protection of Nizam Dominion. Irregular Forces existed during the early period of Asaf Jah I which consisted Arabs, Rohillas, Afghans, Sikhs, Rajputs and Rathore also, their strength were increased till the creation of Hyderabad Contingent Forces, the large number of Irregular Forces reduced and merged in Regular Forces and Golconda Brigade. Under the reorganization of the army department of Hyderabad Government, the Army Head Quarters was composed for controlling the branches with commander along with two principal officers. Some important functions of this department i.e. general staff branch, and complete responsibility of the general staff army branch. Army Head Quarters had a few important units and controlled them, i.e. Forces of Mir Mahboob Ali Khan, divisional Head Quarter Poineer Company, Cavalry Band, Stiring Band, Garrison Battalion, Army Training School. Entire records of this department are in Urdu and English. These records were transferred to Central Records office, Hyderabad in 1951.

The detailed particulars of the records of The Army Headquarters are shown below:

S.No	Nature of the Document	Periodicity	No.of Records
1	Files pertaining to Golconda Brigade	1885-1915 A.D.	100 Bundles
2	Files pertaining to Chief of Staff including A & C sections of Headquarters Hyderabad State Force	1914-1957 A.D.	500 Bundles
3	File pertaining to Divisional Quarter Master including ‘Q’ branch of Headquarter Hyderabad State Force	1911-1940 A.D.	275 Bundles
4	Files pertaining to Imperial Service Troops	1892-1928 A.D.	50 Bundles
5	Files pertaining to Mutadiara	1921-1923 A.D.	25 Bundles
6	Files pertaining to Kulliyat	1900-1938 A.D.	25 Bundles