Ghulam Husain Salim

Ghulam Husain Salim

Ğulām Husayn “Salīm” Zaydpūrī was a historian who migrated to Bengal and was employed there as a post-master 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.

References

* His [http://erga.packhum.org/persian/awl?anum=0076 biographical note] at the Packard Humanities Institute online, from where this material is taken.
* [http://erga.packhum.org/persian/pf?file=07601010&ct=1 "Riyazu-s-salatin", A History of Bengal] , Ghulam Husain Salim (translated from the Persian): viewable online at the Packard Humanities Institute


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