Ğulām ʿAlī Khān

Historian

Ğulām Ḥusayn “Salīm” Zaydpūrī 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-salāṭīn, completed in 1202/1787–8. He died in 1233/1817–18.