Ghulam Husain Salim
Ğulām Husayn "Salīm" Zaydpūrī was a historian who migrated to Bengal and was employed there as a postmaster to the English 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 1787–88. He died in 1817–18. References 

His biographical note at the Packard Humanities Institute online, from where this material is taken. 18th-century Indian historians
18th-century births
1810s deaths
Year of birth unknown
Year of death uncertain
18th-century Indian Muslims
British East India Company people