I'tisam-ud-Din
Shaikh Mirza Syed Muhammad I'tisam al-Din মির্জা সৈয়দ মোহাম্মদ ইতেশামুদ্দীন পাঁচনূরী ميرزا محمد اعتصام الدين Panchnuri | |
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A portrait of the Mirza smoking hukka | |
| Personal life | |
| Born | Syed Muhammad I'tisam al-Din 1730 |
| Died | 1800 (aged 69–70) |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Islam |
| Denomination | Sunni |
| Muslim leader | |
| Post | Munshi |
| Period in office | 18th century |
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.