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Mirza Sheikh I'tesamuddin

(I'tesamuddin, Mirza Sheikh, 1730-1800)

Portrait of I'tisam-ud-Din (1730-1800)
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Mīrzā Muḥammad Iʿtiṣām ad-Dīn Panchnūrī or Itesham Uddin (Bengali: মির্জা সৈয়দ মোহাম্মদ ইতেশামুদ্দীন পাঁচনূরী, Persian: ميرزا محمد اعتصام الدين ,1730-1800) was a Bengali diplomat for the Mughal Empire. He became the first South Asian to travel to Europe in the modern era, 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. (From Wikipedia)

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