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C. DAFTAR - i -DAR - UL - INSHA

The Daftar - i- Dar- ul- Insha was the personal office of the Nizam Ali Khan, Asaf jah II and his  successors. This daftar entered into correspondence with the Mughal Emperors, the Marathas, the British Governor  Generals and the Governors of the Birtish presidencies and provinces.  From the beginning of 1762 A.D. The formal  and ceremonial correspondence with the contemporary Indian princes are 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:

Sl.No. Nature of Documents Periodicity No. of Documents
1. Ahkams and farmans of  the Mughal Emperors, Asaf Jahi rulers and news reports of daily etc. - 100
2. Kaifiyat of  Mahalat (Details of the Courts of Words;  places and districts) - 91
3. Kaifiyat-i- jagirdaran –o-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  1785-1990A.D 161
5. Sanads pertaining to the Period of Nawab Nizam Ali Khan (1762-1803 A.D), Nizam-II 1185-1207H./ 1717 –1792A.D.  28
6. Sanads of the Period of Nawab Sikandar Jah  Bahadur (1803-1829 A.D), Nizam-III 1225 -1239 H. /  1810-1823A.D.   11
7. Sanads of the period of Nasir- ud-Daula Bahadur (1829-1857 A.D), Nizam-IV 1244-1270H./ 1829-1853 A.D 134
8. Sanads of the period of   Nawab Afzal –ud-Daula Bahadur (1857-1869A.D), Nizam-V 1273H./ 1857  21
9. Sanads of the period of Nawab Mir Mahboob Ali Khan Bahadur (1869-1911 A.D), Nizam-VI 1285-1301H./ 1869-1883 A.D.  43
10. Sanads of the period of NawabMir Osman Ali Khan Bahadur (1911-1948 A.D), Nizam-VII 1332H./1914A.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

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