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- During Salar Jung- I, the extent of the Nizam Kingdom was 82,698 miles.
- Hyderabad state population in 1881 was 98,45,594
- Salar Jung divided the kingdom into 5 subas and 17 districts
- In villages Patel, Patwari, Talari and Dhed played important roles
- Patwari : Responsible for land tax and an accountant
- Talari : Security of village and other services
- Dhed : Who works for the officers and at community/ village hall
- Neri : Who looked after irrigation works Sedisindi : Security for 50 houses in village
- In 1868, Salar Jung -I appointed a council of Ministers by name “Sadar-ul-Mihams”
- The important 4 persons in this are
- Revenue Minister : Mukarram-ud-daula Bahadur
- Law Minister : Bashir-ud-daula Bahadur
- Incharge of Police department : Shamshir Jung Bahadur
- Head of Public works & other departments : Shaheb Jung
- The personal secretary of Salar Jung was Syed Hussain Bilgrami
- The departments which were under the direct control of Prime Minister were known as “Madar-ul-Mihams”
- The departments under the Prime Minister were
- DepartmentofFinance
- PostalDepartment
- Military
- The administration was totally carried by the Prime Minister. He was also known as Diwan or Rigent
- For the convenience of administration, it was divided into 14 departments
