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Mirza Abu Taleb Khan

Mirza Abu Taleb Khan (; more formally Mirzá Abú Muhammad Tabrízí Isfahání, , known as The Persian Prince during his stay in London and as Abú Tálib Londoni once back in India 1752–) was an Indian tax-collector and administrator of Iranian stock, notable for a memoir of his travels in Britain, Europe and Asia Minor, ''Masir Talib fi Bilad Afranji'', written between circa 1799 and 1805.

The book's title is translated as ''The Travels of Taleb in the Regions of Europe'' and was reprinted in the West as ''Travels of Mirza Abu Taleb Khan in Asia, Africa and Europe''; it is one of the earliest by an Indian travel writer about the West, and has been described as 'perhaps the most significant "reverse travelogue" published in Europe during the Romantic era". He wrote all his works in Persian. Provided by Wikipedia