Shaikh Mirza Syed Muhammad I'tisam al-Din Panchnuri | |
|---|---|
 A portrait of the Mirza smoking hukka | |
| Personal | |
| Born | Syed Muhammad I'tisam al-Din 1730 |
| Died | 1800 (aged 69–70) |
| Religion | Islam |
| Denomination | Sunni |
| Muslim leader | |
| Period in office | 18th century |
| Post | Munshi |
Mīrzā Muḥammad Iʿtiṣām ad-Dīn Panchnūrī or Itesham Uddin, was a Bengali diplomat for the Mughal Empire. He became the first South Asian to travel to Europe, in the modern era, in 1765.[1][2] He was also a munshi serving the Nawabs of Bengal as well as the British East India Company.[3] He had also written the text of the 1765 Treaty of Allahabad.[4]
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