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ABSTRACT
Archi!6 @ 6e holdcN of cultuol h.dlaee ol a nalion. For peimdc peserotion,
orchivs nen sribbl. popcr legislation, sloBse sp@si profcsional nln.8ensr dd
e.ri6.n.nt,ll pDt*do( The purpe of sindh AEhiv.s lnlomdion ud ArhiB
Deponmd (SAIAD) is ro app6i*. &quirc od pl€swe pdmo), od wsdary euc
declaEd as archivas havin8 historical, informat'oml, evid.ntial, lesal, fiscal dd monilory
value. Archivalr*ord accumulated in SAIAD isunique in narure havinsrich infomarjon o.
the hisror! md cultuE ofSindh.
withod inEllero.l conuol of mhival l@d, o.quisition or qualiry !rchi6 dd i$
pbF 4.lo{tion by fte Esemhd is .ot lcibl€. A @npah.nsiw study of SATAD h6
been @nductd lor i ell.ctull conlol dd !o revdl $e l@suE uove. Deuil.d oalvsis of
the Drimdrv sources h.s be.n @nd!ded.
Tbe dis$nllion onpri*s ofti@ plrrs:
L An ov.did or I€minoloaici lnmoF, dsdprio.s, funcrions dd cponsibililic of
2. Hbtory, buildings, Esponsibilities .nd holdings of Naion.l Archives ofPski$d (NAP),
Puojab Archives, Peshowd Archives. BrlochisrM Aohivcs. Nalionol Docuneotalion
Ceitft (NDC) s a gcn.6l Gviw, 6 w.ll s oflhe pr€ent rcposiiory of SA|AD,
3. Exrmi.ation of the holdings of SAIAD mpds ot @mmisions o{tc lgrd,
nanu$riptsj naps! 6un fil.s, g@61 lib6!y, peNDal @ll..rio.r origin.l bound fi16
of th. Cmmisiorcr Offc R@rd 6om t332 to 1860 Eld€d ro polnicst, judi.iat,
SencBl! mililary, rev€nue dd public vorks et, A .olhlion of ?65 mlnuscripb
comprhing 332 Anbici 3t0 Pesian, 25 Sindhi .hd thc bilinguah hale been Sivcn in
labl4 dd imporbnl mlnuerip.s Maly4d. Tolol n6ps prepPe! in SAIAD e 935
olcring dc Friod fmm l3l0 rol940, The mats @llefion includcs Et2 nap! of
di,lent Tdluka or Sindh whilc 89 disltd@s mls of difr€Enr ounuic of rh.
erld, Maps rl.t€d ro th. Sindh povine haE bea srudicd in d€kil md expldn d
uod.r difieent districls olde povin*. Moe then two hundEd @un files cloted !o
Kamchifion the bllk of l17,530lllesof l8/l9u colury have ben lholoushly sludi.d.
Suil numbe, plaimin def€ndols, clain, slbjecrs, pe.iod and dsisions of th. 6€s narc
b€d incllded in ihr rnaltsis. cencEl Libtuy of SAIAD hs been rhoeughly !trdyzd
t.d drc b@ks €xploEd .eording to rhen ebj€ls, l.n8!.e€s dd runt. Pelsd
colleclions ofditre@ $hol.6 ofth. prcvince als hav. be. expo*i .long *i1h |heir
biogaphi.s ed oiher achidements.
Ancr dobugh €xddinationofrhe\hol. etivities dd ehivsl lgd ofSAIAD. rhe
inpon nt findings hale bq siv.n dd n6u6 for rhe idporcmcnr of SA|A D have b€n