K. DAFTAR -i- MULKI 

            Daftar-i-Mulki was established in 1846. Iit was the personal Daftar of Nawab Siraj-ul-Mulk Bahadur (1846- 1853 A.D.) and Salarjung Bahadur (1853 – 1883 A.D.) who were the Prime Ministers of the Nizam.  It was the Peshi Office of the Prime Minister of former Hyderabad State. The records of this Daftar are available from 1259 H. / 1842- 1928. 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 had dealt 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 Central Record Office in the year 1921.

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

Sl. No	Nature of the Documents	Periodicity	No. of Documents
1.	Appointment of Resident	-	1
2.	Asnadi files	1259 to 1337H/ 1843 to 1918	8
3.	Atiyat files	-	112
4.	Atiyat files pertaining to Berar	-	6
5.	Draft of Sanads, Ahkam, Qualnamas and Dastaks	1261 to 1297H.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 Nizam 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

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