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'''William Francklin''' (1763–1839) was an English [[oriental studies|orientalist]] and army officer.

==Education and military career==
Francklin was the eldest son of [[Thomas Francklin]], by his wife Miss Venables. He was admitted on the foundation at Westminster in 1777, whence he was elected to [[Trinity College, Cambridge]], in 1781.

Preferring to engage in the profession of arms, he was admitted a cadet in the service of the [[East India Company]] in 1782, appointed ensign of the 19th regiment of [[Bengal Native Infantry]] 31 Jan. 1783; lieutenant 20 Oct. 1789; captain in the army 7 June 1796; captain in his regiment 30 Sept. 1803; major in the army 25 April 1808; major in his regiment 29 March 1810; lieutenant-colonel in the army 4 June 1814, and in his regiment on 16 Dec. of the same year. On being invalided, 1 Oct. 1815, he was made regulating officer at [[Bhagalpur]].

He retired in India in December 1825, and died 12 April 1839, aged 76.

==Career as an orientalist==
A distinguished officer, Francklin also enjoyed considerable reputation as an oriental scholar. In 1786 he made a tour in Persia, in the course of which he resided for eight months at [[Shiraz]] as an inmate of a Persian family, and was thus enabled to communicate a fuller account of the manners of the people than had before appeared. His journal was published as ''Observations made on a Tour from Bengal to Persia in … 1786–7; with a short account of the remains of the … Palace of [[Persepolis]]'', 4to, Calcutta, 1788 (reprinted in vol. ix. of [[John Pinkerton]]'s ''General Collection of Voyages'', 4to, 1808, &c.). A French version, ''Voyage du Bengal à Chyraz'', was published in vols. ii. and iii. of ''Collection portative de voyages traduits de différentes langues orientales'', 12mo, Paris (1797, &c.). His next work, ''The History of the Reign of [[Shah Alam II|Shah-Aulum]], the present Emperor of Hindostan. … With an Appendix'', 4to, London, 1798, serves as an important continuation of the ''Siyar Ul-Mutakherin'' (View of Modern Times) by [[Ghulam Husain Tabatabai]].

Francklin also published:
*''The Loves of Camarúpa and Cámalatà, an ancient Indian Tale … translated from the Persian'' (of Tahsin al-Din), 12mo, London, 1793.
*''Remarks and Observations on the Plain of Troy, made during an Excursion in June 1799'', 4to, London, 1800.
*''Military Memoirs of Mr. [[George Thomas (soldier)|George Thomas]], who … rose … to the rank of a General in the service of the native powers in … India. … Compiled and arranged from Mr. Thomas's original documents (Appendix)'', 4to, Calcutta, 1803; 8vo, London, 1805.
*''Tracts, Political, Geographical, and Commercial; on the dominions of [[Ava Kingdom|Ava]], and the North-Western parts of Hindostaun'', 8vo, London, 1811.
*''Miscellaneous Remarks, in two parts: 1st. On Vincent's "Geography of [[Susiana]]". 2nd. Supplementary Note on the Site of the ancient City of Palibothra'' ([[Pataliputra]]), 4to, Calcutta, 1813.
*''Inquiry concerning the Site of ancient Palibothra'', &c. 4 pts. 4to, London, 1815–22.
*''Researches on the Tenets and Doctrines of the Jeynes and Boodhists; conjectured to be the Brachmanes of ancient India. In which is introduced a discussion on the worship of the serpent in various countries of the world'', 4to, London, 1827.
*To vol. iv. of ''Asiatick Researches'' (1795), pp. 419–32, he contributed ''An Account of the present State of Delhi''; while to vol. ii. of ''Miscellaneous Translations from Oriental Languages'', published in 1834 by the Oriental Translation Fund, he furnished an ''Account of the Grand Festival held by the Amír [[Timur]] … A. H. 803. Translated … from the "Mulfuzat Timuri", or Life of Timur, written by himself''.

==Other literary activity==
In 1837 he published his father's historical play, ''Mary Queen of Scots''.

He maintained a learned correspondence with [[Dean Vincent]], who was second master during the time he was at Westminster; and Francklin was one of the few persons to whom the dean acknowledged obligations in the preface to the ''Periplus'', 1800–5. Francklin was a member, and during the later years of his life librarian and member of the council, of the [[Royal Asiatic Society]]. He was also a member of the [[Asiatic Society of Calcutta]].

==Works==
* {{cite book |title=The History of the reign of Shah-Aulum (Shah Alam), the present emperor of Hindostaun. |author=William Francklin|publisher=Cooper & Graham, London |year=1798|url=https://archive.org/stream/historyofreignof00fran#page/n3/mode/2up}}

==References==
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* {{cite book |title=Iran and the West: A Critical Bibliography|author= Cyrus Ghani|publisher=Taylor & Francis|year=1987|isbn=0710302436 |pages=138–139 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Cc0NAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA138 }}
* [https://openlibrary.org/authors/OL208763A/William_Francklin William Francklin] at [[Open Library]]
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