I'tisam-ud-Din

I'tisam-ud-Din
A portrait of the Mirza smoking hukka
Born
Syed Muhammad I'tisam al-Din

1730
Died1800(1800-00-00) (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.