Hyderabad Contingent

By the treaty of 1801 the Nizam of Hyderabad was obliged to maintain a military force at Hyderabad called the Nizam's Contingent or Nizam's Army. The subsequent treaty of 1853 renamed the force the Hyderabad Contingent.

Hyderabad Contingent Infantry

Regiments

Hyderabad Contingent Cavalry

Infantry

• 1st Infantry, Hyderabad Contingent
• 2nd Infantry, Hyderabad Contingent
• 3rd Infantry, Hyderabad Contingent
• 4th Infantry, Hyderabad Contingent
• 5th Infantry, Hyderabad Contingent
• 6th Infantry, Hyderabad Contingent

Cavalry

• 1st Cavalry, Hyderabad Contingent
• 2nd Cavalry, Hyderabad Contingent
• 3rd Cavalry, Hyderabad Contingent
• 4th Cavalry, Hyderabad Contingent

Artillery

• Hyderabad Contingent Artillery

Subordinate Medical Department

• Refer Apothecary-Training

External links

The Nizam's Contingent Google Books

Historical books online

• A History of the Hyderabad Contingent by Reginald George Burton (1905) Archive.org
• “Hyderabad:- the Nizam’s Contingent” Calcutta Review Volume 11 (January-June 1849)
• The Nizam: his history and relations with the British government, Volume I by George Briggs 1861(Google Books)
• Sir Henry Russell, Resident at Hyderabad Dictionary of Indian Biography 1906