Historian/Secretary
Salīm-Allāh served as
munšī (secretary) to the governor of Bengal in the latter half of the 12th/18th century and later as
munšī to Henry Vansittart, the East India Company Governor of Bengal from. Salīm-Allāh is mostly known for his work,
Tavārīḫ (or
Tārīḫ)
-i Bangālā, completed ca. 1178/1764.
Tavārīḫ-i Bangālā is a history of the last five Mughal governors of Bengal from 1107/1695-6 to 1169/1756.