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'''Ğulām Husayn "Salīm" Zaydpūrī''' was a [[historian]] who migrated to [[Bengal]] and was employed there as a postmaster to the [[British East India Company|East India Company]] serving under [[George Udny (planter)|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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Riyaz-us-Salatin|title=Riyaz-us-Salatin |website=Banglapedia|language=en|access-date=2017-12-05}}</ref><br />
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*His [https://web.archive.org/web/20050926132824/http://erga.packhum.org/persian/awl?anum=0076 biographical note] at the Packard Humanities Institute online, from where this material is taken.<br />
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