Works
- Chronological retrospect, or, Memoirs of the principal events of Mahommedan history … from original Persian authorities (3 vols., 1811, 1812, 1821), which soon became a reference work, covering the period from Muhamed's death of Muhammad to Akbar's accession, with the earlier volumes mainly based on the Persian chronicles of Mirkhond and Khwandamir, and the final volume mainly on Abu'l-Fazl
- Essay towards the History of Arabia antecedent to the Birth of Mahommed (1824, from the Persian text of Et-Tabari)
- translation of the Memoirs of the Emperor Jahangueir (1829; new edn, 1972)
- Account of the Siege and Reduction of Chaitur … from the Akbar-namah (1831)
- The Last Days of Krishna (1831)
- Memoirs of the early life and service of a field officer (1839) - published anonymously
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