Together with the pioneering Austrian orientalist, Joseph von Hammer-Purgstall, he founded one of the first professional journals of Middle East and Islamic Studies, Mines de l'Orient (Fundgruben des Orients) (Fontes rerum orientalium)(Sources for Oriental Studies) which was published in six folio volumes from 1809 to 1819.

During his year of travel he was admitted to 13 tribes and is reputed to have received the title of Emir, Taj al-Fahr ("Crown of glory") and Abd al-Niszan ("servant of the sign").

His publications included the plan of the mosque in Mecca, maps of Persia and the Arabian Peninsula and he recorded the music of the Bedouin.

He published Sur les chevaux orientaux et provenants des races orientales which contains more than 400 full-color drawings, recording culture and customs of Saudi Arabian Desert.

He returned to Poland settling in his native Podolia with a rich collection of Oriental manuscripts, books, costumes, weapons, and pipes.