Ghulam Husain Salim

Ğulām Husayn "Salīm" Zaydpūrī was a historian who migrated to Bengal and was employed there as a postmaster to the East India Company serving under George Udny (a commercial resident of the East India Company). At Udny's request, the author composed a history of Bengal entitled Riyāż al-salātīn, completed in 1787–8. He died in 1817–18.[1]

References

1. "Riyaz-us-Salatin". Banglapedia. Retrieved 2017-12-05.

• His biographical note at the Packard Humanities Institute online, from where this material is taken.