Ghulām Husayn Hān Ṭabāṭabā'ī Hassanī, author and historian, spent most of his life in the midst of the political vicissitudes during the waning days of the Mughal Empire, in particular those events related to the area of what is today the district of West Bengal, India. By profession he was a munshi (secretary) with a praiseworthy ability in letter writing, but it was politics that seemed to lead his traveling from place to place and his continuous switching of patrons and supporters He appears to have had a great talent for “create connections with contemporary men of position” and politicking.
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Ghulam Husain Tabatabai, was a former Mughal official, a commander of the Mughal Army against the British in Bengal during the reign of Shah Alam II, he deeply lamented the drain of wealth from the Mughal Empire caused by the high officials of the British East India Company. Ghulam Husain Tabatabai also provides some very interesting insights to the developments that took place during the Seven Years' War.
Everyone of the English holds it to be a divine obligation, i mean that of scraping together the wealth of this country as they can and packing it in emmense sums and transporting it to the kingdom of England...these two customs blending together shall be forever be undermining and ruining this country.
Ghulām Husayn Hān composed several works across a wide range of genres, among his works are: