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'''Sawānih-i-Deccan''' (''News of Deccan'') was a work compiled by Munim Khan al-Hamdani al-Aurangabadi in 1197 A.H. (1782 A.D.).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2O07AQAAIAAJ|title=Journal: Humanities. Section A., Volumes 33-36|publisher=University of Madras|year=1961|page=141}}</ref> It is an unpublished manuscript<ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2O07AQAAIAAJ|title=A Thousand Laurels--Dr. Sadiq Naqvi: Studies on Medieval India with Special Reference to Deccan, Volume 2|publisher=Felicitation Committee, Department of History & Department of Ancient Indian History, Culture & Archaeology, Osmania University|year=2005|page=588}}</ref> in [[Persian language|Persian]] and gives statistics of revenue accounts of the six [[Subah|subas]] of the [[Deccan]] with a historical account of the [[Asaf Jahis]] or Nizams of [[Hyderabad]]. Munim Khan was a military commander during the regime of [[Asaf Jah II]]. This work gave more insight about the regime of Asaf Jahis between 1724 A.D. and 1783 A.D.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DfNLEAAAQBAJ|title=Handbook of Research on the Role of Libraries, Archives, and Museums in Achieving Civic Engagement and Social Justice in Smart Cities|author=Taher Mohamed|publisher=IGI Global|year=2021|page=110|isbn=9781799883654 }}</ref> It also describes the administrative divisions and revenue of the Mughal Deccan during the last years of Aurangzeb's regime.<ref name="DawoodAshraf"/> A detailed list of Sarkars, Mahals (Parganas) and Villages along with their revenue was mentioned.<br />
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The two manuscript copies of this work are preserved in Hyderabad. First one is in Andhra Pradesh State Archives under manuscript number 22<ref name="DawoodAshraf">{{cite thesis|last=Syed|first=Dawood Ashraf|type=Doctoral Thesis|chapter=I|url=https://archive.org/details/MughalAdministrationOfTheDeccan16581707WithSpecialReferenceToMaharashtra|title=Mughal Administration of the Deccan 1658-1707 (With Special Reference to Maharashtra)|publisher= University of Poona|year=1987|page=32|access-date=2 August 2022}}</ref> and second one is in Oriental Manuscript Library and Research, Institute.<br />
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Other resources to know about the administration divisions during the Mughal rule and early Nizam rule were ''Dastūr-al-amal-e-shāhanshāhi'' (1781) by Munshī Thākur Lāl,<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0HzUDwAAQBAJ|title=Land and Law in Mughal India: A Family of Landlords across Three Indian Empires|author=Nandini Chatterjee|publisher=Cambridge University Press|year=2020|page=127|isbn=9781108486033}}</ref> and ''Deh-be-dehi'' (c.1705) by Md. Shafīq.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wRweAAAAMAAJ|title=Mughal Administration of Deccan Under Nizamul Mulk Asaf Jah, 1720-48 A.D.|author=M. A. Nayeem|publisher=Jaico Publishing House|year=1985|page=100|isbn=9788172243258}}</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Hyderabad State]]<br />
*[[Rajamundry Sarkar]]<br />
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