Kampu-i-mu'alla

In 1822, after Maharaja Ranjit Singh gave employment to the European mercenaries, the Fauj-i-Ain divided unequally into the Kampu-i-mu'alla (State Troops) and the Fauj-i-Khas. Of the two, the Kampu-i-mu'alla was the larger trained division of the Sikh Khalsa Army comprising infantry, cavalry and artillery,^: 78 but principally the infantry and artillery.^: 5 The men enrolled in the Kampu-i-mu'alla wore uniforms^{: Order 325} and received a salary from the royal treasury.^: 5

The Kampu-i-mu'alla had a mistrikhana (workshop), toshakhanna (treasury), a magazine (ammunition storage), a bazaar (shops), a daftar (record-keeping) and abkari (liquor tax) units.^{: Order 325}