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*[[Persian War]] 1856-57
*[[Norperforce]]
*[[South Persia Rifles]]
*[[Post and Telegraphs Department]] for information abot the Indo-European Telegraph
*India List [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/INDIA/2012-02/1329547727 post] and [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/INDIA/2012-02/1329682581 thread: IETD in Persia ] . This [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/INDIA/2012-02/1329753849 post] says “I found Denis Wright’s book ''The English amongst the Persians'' invaluable for background to the tortuous life in Persia. First edition published 1977 as ''The English amongst the Persians during the Qajat period, 1787-1921'', available at the [[British Library]]. 2nd Edition: [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=cNXdNrH6L-oC&printsec=frontcover ''The English amongst the Persians: Imperial Lives in Nineteenth-Century Iran''] Preview Google Books
*[http://www.soldiersofthequeen.com/page20-RoyalEngineerCaptainTeheranPersia.html Photograph] of an unidentified captain of the Royal Engineers who was in all likelihood attached to the Indo-European Telegraph Department office that was located in Teheran. From the [http://www.soldiersofthequeen.com/ Soldiers of the Queen] website.
*"The Raj Reconsidered: British India’s Informal Empire and Spheres of Influence in Asia and Africa" by James Onley ''Asian Affairs Volume XL, no. I'', March 2009 [http://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:0gD5Jm4dgMsJ:socialsciences.exeter.ac.uk/iais/downloads/Onley_Raj_Reconsideredidered.pdf+British+Agency+Baghdad+1890s&hl=en&gl=au&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESj2sXzwFwN4gOHMx5z5ibUCaO5oC4NoPg0MPdQipi8Jg4_iqHfzFqctlZE-sMa6pC9UXe5StHHavd2BZdWN_49UADUt-8fRqvB5mBzZJBZov7QLhW5vn2FOWI_TIEIYNbUodDXR&sig=AHIEtbSejff11oEcC0XAzsRkhzsli2P_Hw html version], [http://socialsciences.exeter.ac.uk/iais/downloads/Onley_Raj_Reconsidered.pdf original pdf]
*''Britain and the Gulf Shaikhdoms, 1820 - 1971'' by James Onley 2009 Center for International and Regional Studies (CIRS) [https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:owrIIx2FWKkJ:www12.georgetown.edu/sfs/qatar/cirs/BritainandtheGulfShaikhdomsCompleteFile.pdf+Britain+and+the+Gulf+Shaikhdoms,+1820+-+1971&hl=en&gl=au&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEEShomNxAF-mzzn8rEBggmw_35cb7bAMxHfIdO8piv99FkMzW_eJzTROAaYP9gOdZNW-I4zuiKSMUrKwlaGABp72XuWjOMPwXQmiFDy6veqdJKpE9PtIP2E3Uk2SaMqpQ_8meu_9D&sig=AHIEtbQfShgsw1ijMacQDyac4E5h04qPtA html version] ,[http://www.isn.ethz.ch/isn/Digital-Library/Publications/Detail/?id=110431&lng=en download a pdf ]
*[http://archive.org/stream/imperialandasia01englgoog#page/n122/mode/2up "The Telegraph Department in Persia"] by CE Biddulph page 99 and [http://archive.org/stream/imperialandasia01englgoog#page/n358/mode/2up/ "The Telegraph Department in Persia, an Explanation"] by General A Houtum-Schindler page 321 ''The Asiatic Quarterly Review New Series Volume 3 January-April 1892'' Archive.org
*[http://archive.org/stream/tenthousandmiles00sykeuoft#page/iv/mode/2up ''Ten thousand miles in Persia or, Eight years in Iran''] by Major Percy Molesworth Sykes, HM Consul, Kerman and Persian Baluchistan 1902 Archive.org
*''A History of Persia'' by Lieut-Col P M Sykes 1915 Archive.org [https://archive.org/details/historyofpersia01sykeuoft Volume I], [https://archive.org/details/cu31924088418466 Volume II]
*[https://archive.org/details/persia005437mbp ''Persia''] by Brigadier General Sir Percy Sykes 1922 Archive.org including
**[https://archive.org/stream/persia005437mbp#page/n161/mode/2up "Persia and the Great War"] page 154
*Three volumes of the ''Gazetteer Of The Persian Gulf, Oman And Central Arabia'' by J G Lorimer, Indian Civil Service, are available to read online on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] website, being Parts I and II (missing Part III), of Volume 1, Historical, published 1915 and the Geographical section of Volume II, Geographical and Statistical Gazetteer, published 1908.
:Both Parts of Volume I, Historical, have the same extensive index, covering all Parts. Part I consists of the 'Arabian' portion of the History. Part I Contents computer pages 12-137. Text commences cp 138. Part II consists of the 'Persian' section of the History. Part II Contents computer pages 10-133. Text commences cp 134. Appendix "Published books and articles" cp 1210. Part III is not available online.
