I'tisam-ud-Din
I'tisam-ud-Din | |
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A portrait of the Mirza smoking hukka | |
| Born | Syed Muhammad I'tisam al-Din 1730 |
| Died | 1800 (aged 69–70) |
Shaikh Mīrzā Muḥammad Iʿtiṣām ad-Dīn Panchnūrī (or Itesham Uddin and Syed Muhammad I'tisam al-Din; 1730–1800) was a Bengali diplomat for the Mughal Empire. He became the first South Asian to travel to Europe in the early modern period, in 1765. He was also a munshi serving the Nawabs of Bengal as well as the British East India Company. He had also written the text of the 1765 Treaty of Allahabad.