G. 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 this Archives
in 1950.
The detailed table on the records of Daftar
Sadarat-ul-Aliya is given below :
Sl. No. |
Nature of Documents |
Periodicity |
No. of Documents |
1. |
Fatwas |
1346-1359F/ 1936-1949A.D. |
3,852 |
2. |
Files of proceedings |
1324-1359F/ 1914-1949A.D. |
18,176 |
3. |
Sanads |
1172-1305
F/1758 -1888 A.D. |
3,852 |