<Li> A Critical Examination of the Life and Teachings of Mohammed (1873)--His first book, written when he was 24, while in England . The orientalist Major R.D. Osborn (1835--1889) wrote:' Regarded simply as a literary achievement, we have never read anything issuing from the educated classes in this country which could be compared with it; and the Muslims of India are to be congratulated on the possession of so able a man in their rank . It is impossible, if his after - life accords with this early promise that he should not leave his influence for good stamped upon the country in deep and enduring characters .' </Li> <Li> The Personal Law of Muhammedans (1880) </Li> <Li> The Spirit of Islam (1891) - A book covering the life of Muhammad, and the political, cultural, literary, scientific, mystic, philosophical, and social history of Islam . </Li> <Li> Ethics of Islam (1893) </Li>

Who laid the foundation of national muhammadan association