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*[http://archive.org/stream/cu31924012679548#page/n291/mode/2up "N.W. Frontier 1919-1920"] page 273 ''The Post Office of India in the Great War'' edited by H.A. Sams Published 1922 Archive.org
*[http://dspace.gipe.ac.in/xmlui/handle/10973/29472''Indian Frontier Organisation''] published by the ''Pioneer'' 1920. Pdf download Digital Repository of GIPE-Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics [Pune India].
* ''Official History of Operations on the N.-W. Frontier of India, 1920-35'' by General Staff Army Headquarters, India 1945. Previously available Digital Library of India, (handle/2015/449186) and perhaps may return in the future.
:Available in a reprint edition<ref>[https://www.naval-military-press.com/product/official-history-of-operations-on-the-north-west-frontier-of-india-1920-1935/ ''Official History Of Operations On The North-West Frontier Of India 1920-1935''] Naval & Military Press</ref> which in turn is available as part of an online book on the Ancestry owned pay website fold3.<ref name=NWF>[https://www.fold3.com/browse/251/hTGb85NZ8EamDdOvs1LINNg2y ''Official History of Operations on the NW Frontier of India''] fold3 (located in World War2/Military books/India). Consists of 2 books.</ref>
*[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/32773/supplement/8599 "A report on the operations of the Waziristan Force for the period 1st April to 31st December, 1921"] ''London Gazette Supplement'' 1 December 1922.
*[http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1960-hired-to-kill-some-chapters-of-autobiography-by-morris-s-pdf/ ''Hired to Kill: Some Chapters of Autobiography''] by Charles John Morris 1960. Link to a pdf download, PAHAR Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset, (if the catalogue entry does not have a download, look under 'Books'). John Morris was an officer with the [[3rd Gurkha Rifles]] from 1918 until 1934 in Palestine, Afghanistan (the [[3rd Afghan War|Third Afghan War]] in 1919), Waziristan and the North West Frontier of India.
*[http://www.jstor.org/stable/41355210 "Roads And Motor Transport In India"] by Brigadier-General Lord Montagu of Beaulieu, Adviser on Mechanical Transport Services in India, 1915-19. ''Journal of the Royal Society of Arts'' Vol. 68, No. 3529 (July 9, 1920), pp. 541-552 jstor.org. Available to read for free on JSTOR, but first you must register, see [[Miscellaneous tips#Access some articles in the JSTOR subscription website for free|Miscellaneous tips]]. Includes roads in the frontier region, and their military importance.
* ''Official History of Operations on the N.W. Frontier of India, 1936-37'' by General Staff Army Headquarters, India 1943. Previously available Digital Library of India (handle/2015/449185), and perhaps may return in the future.
: Available in a reprint edition<ref>[https://www.naval-military-press.com/product/official-history-of-operations-on-the-north-west-frontier-of-india-1936-1937/ ''Official History Of Operations On The North-West Frontier Of India 1936-1937''] Naval & Military Press</ref> which in turn is available as part of an online book on the Ancestry owned pay website fold3.<ref name=NWF/>
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/waziristan193619031345mbp#page/n7/mode/2up ''Waziristan 1936- 1937: The problems of the North-West Frontiers of India and their Solutions''] by Lieut Colonel C. E. Bruce 1938 Archive.org. Missing the "Bibliography" at the end of the book, page 80 onwards. Also available [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.78556 Archive.org version], mirror from Digital Library of India, but this appears to be the same digital file, with missing end pages.
*[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/34449/supplement/6811 "Report on Operations in Waziristan, 25th November 1936 to 16th January 1937 (1st Phase)"] ''London Gazette Supplement'' 2 November 1937
*[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/34484/supplement/1057 "Report on Operations In Waziristan, 16th January 1937 to 15th September 1937 (Second Phase)"] ''London Gazette Supplement'' 18 February 1938
*[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/34520/supplement/3819 "Report on Operations in Waziristan, 16th September 1937 to 15th December 1937 (Final Phase)"] ''London Gazette Supplement'' 14 June 1938
*[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/34655/supplement/5667 "Report on Operations in Waziristan, 16th December, 1937 to the 31st December, 1938"] ''London Gazette Supplement'' 18 August 1939
*[https://web.archive.org/savedetails/_embed/http://libin.uofkernet.edu/multisites/UofK_lib/images/stories/libpdf/suddli.lib2015.imperial%20policing.pdf 275121 ''Imperial Policing''] by Major-General Sir Charles W Gwynn 1939 Archive.org (pdf), mirror from Digital Library of India. Also available Includes [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.275121 Archive.org version] mirror from Digital Library of India. Includes /page/n263 Chapter 10, "Peshawar District 1930"], page 253 and [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.275121/page/n405 Chapter 14, "Waziristan 1937" ] page 394.*''Bugles and a Tiger'' by John Masters is Also available to read online on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] website, in TIFF format or as a [httphttps://wwwweb.newarchive.dliorg/web/20160610053115/http://lib.ernetuofk.inedu/multisites/UofK_lib/images/handlestories/2015libpdf/278629 sud.lib.imperial%20policing.pdf Archive.org (pdf download)]another digital file, may be slow to open.*''Bugles and a Tiger'' by John Masters [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.278629 Archive.org version], mirror from Digital Library of India; or [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/201985 another pdf download], [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.201985 another Archive.org version]mirror from Digital Library of India, the latter is the 1965 edition or [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/525270 pdf download, catalogued 1956]. The original edition [http://archive.org/details/buglesandtigervo00mast ''Bugles and a Tiger; a Volume of Autobiography''] published in 1956 is available to read online through the Internet Archive (Archive.org) Lending Library. The main restriction is that only one person can see a particular book at one time (so the book may be "on loan'). For more details see [[Online books#Archive.org|Online books-Archive.org]]. Also see the page [[John Masters]].
:[https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.278629/2015.278629.Bugles-And#page/n215/ Pathan social customs] pages 212-213, including the wearing, by men, of roses in their hair.
*''India’s North-West Frontier'' by Sir William Barton 1939 may be read online on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] website, in TIFF format , or as a [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/281565 pdf download], [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.281565 Archive.org mirror version]mirror from Digital Library of India. The author was in the Indian Civil Service and Indian Political Service for 35 years. It is also available to [http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1939-indias-north-west-frontier-by-barton-s-pdf/ download as a pdf] from [[Online books#Pahar-Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset|Pahar-Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset]], (if the catalogue entry does not have a download, look under 'Books'). [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Pell_Barton William Pell Barton] Wikipedia.
*Actions in Waziristan continued during WW2, although details are not known. Awards appearing in the ''London Gazette Supplement''s indicate some of the regiments involved. There were also awards to RAF personnel.[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/34977/supplement/6175 1939] ''LGS'' 25 October 1940, [https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/35195/supplement/3495 1940] ''LGS'' 20 June 1941, [https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/35825/supplement/5495 1942] ''LGS'' 15 December 1942, [https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/36261/page/5176 1943] ''LGS'' 25 November 1943
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/IndianMountainArtillery/mountainartillery#page/n3/mode/2up ''The History of the Indian Mountain Artillery''] by Brigadier-General C A L Graham 1957 Archive.org.
*[http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1985-the-frontier-scouts-by-trench-s-pdf/ ''The Frontier Scouts''] by Charles Chenevix Trench 1985. Link to a pdf download, PAHAR - Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset (MCADD). (If the catalogue entry does not have a download, look under 'Books').*[https://archive.org/details/ThePathansByOlafCaroe ''The Pathans 550 B.C.-A.D. I957''] by Olaf Caroe 1958 Archive.org. [https://archive.org/stream/ThePathansByOlafCaroe/The-Pathans-By-Olaf-Caroe-ISBN10-%200710306822#page/n5/mode/2up Contents]. [https://archive.org/stream/ThePathansByOlafCaroe/The-Pathans-By-Olaf-Caroe-ISBN10-%200710306822#page/n509/mode/2up Index]. Unfortunately missing illustrations and most maps. Also available as [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/discover?filtertype_1=title&filter_relational_operator_1=contains&filter_1=Pathans&filtertype_2=author&filter_relational_operator_2=contains&filter_2=Caroe&submit_apply_filter=&rpp=10 multiple pdf downloads], Digital Library of India and additional [https://archive.org/search.php?query=title%3A%28Pathans%29%20AND%20creator%3A%28Caroe%29 Archive.org versions]. Also available as a [http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1958-the-pathans-550-bc-to-ad-1957-by-caroe-s-pdf/ pdf download], Pahar- Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset. (If the catalogue entry does not have a download, look under 'Books'). The author was Governor of the N-W Frontier Province 1946-1947.*[http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1935-brief-gazetteer-of-most-important-and-useful-place-names-in-waziristan-district-s-pdf/ ''Brief Gazetteer of Most Important and Useful Place Names in Waziristan District''] 1935 is available to download as a pdf from [[Online books#Pahar-Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset|Pahar-Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset]]. (If the catalogue entry does not have a download, look under 'Books').
=====Routes=====
*''Routes on the North-West Frontier compiled (for political and military reference) under the orders of the Quarter Master General in India, in the Intelligence Branch, in 1887 ; brought up to date in October 1892'' by W.R. Robertson. Confidential.[http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1893-routes-on-north-west-frontier-vol-1-by-robertson-confidential-s-pdf Volume I], [http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1893-routes-on-north-west-frontier-vol-2-by-robertson-confidential-s-pdf/ Volume 2] Pdf downloads, Pahar- Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset. (If the catalogue entry does not have a download, look under 'Books').*[http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1890-military-routes-to-the-indo-afghan-frontier-by-lessar-secret-s-pdf/ 1890 ''Military Routes to the Indo-Afghan Frontier''] by Lessar (secret)] Notes: At head of title: Secret. "From Russian official "records" of geographical, topographical and statistical materials on Asia. Collected by the Military Scientific Committee of the Headquarters Staff, 1890. Translated for the Intelligence Division of the War Office". HMSO. Author: P. M. Lessar, (Pavel Mikhailovich) Pdf download, Pahar- Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset. (If the catalogue entry does not have a download, look under 'Books').*[http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1893-routes-from-russian-territory-toward-afghanistan-and-india-the-pamir-line-of-advance-by-robertson-confidential-s-pdf/ 1893 ''Routes from Russian Territory toward Afghanistan and India - the Pamir line of Advance''] by Robertson (confidential). Full title: ''Routes from Russian Territory in Central Asia towards Afghanistan and India. Section 1, The Pamir line of advance'' compiled in the Intelligence Branch of the Quarter Master General's Department in India by W.R. Robertson. 1893. Contents: pt. 1. Short military report on the Ferghana province, Kashgar, the Pamirs and Upper Oxus Afghan provinces ... - pt. 2. Includes all routes leading from the Chimkend Kuldja postal road to the Hindu Kush between the Dorah and the Karakorum Passes. Pdf download, Pahar- Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset. (If the catalogue entry does not have a download, look under 'Books').*[http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1912-strategical-epitome-of-routes-on-and-beyond-the-north-west-frontier-of-india-by-general-staff-india-confidential-s-pdf/ ''Strategical Epitome of Routes on and beyond the North-West Frontier of India''] by General Staff India (confidential) 1912 Pdf download, Pahar-Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset. (If the catalogue entry does not have a download, look under 'Books').
=====Fiction=====
*[http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/42417 ''The Air Patrol: A Story of the North-West Frontier''] by Herbert Strang 1913. Gutenberg.org. An adventure story for younger readers.
*[http://www.britishcomics.20m.com/wolf.htm "The Wolf of Kabul"] ''Rover and Wizard'' January 25th 1964. britishcomics.20m.com. This appears to be a reprint, first published in the 1930s in ''Wizard'',<ref>[https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/boy-s-own-adventures-1-2615112 "Boy's Own adventures"] 27 April 2006 yorkshirepost.co.uk.</ref> a weekly magazine for boys published by DC Thomson of Dundee . Story involving Bill Samson (“His real job is surveying the frontier and making maps of the mountains and passes”) and his offsider Private Chung whose weapon was the Clicky-Ba. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolf_of_Kabul Wolf of Kabul] Wikipedia.
*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.528790/page/n471 "Ants"] by W J Blackledge, page 471 ''Fifty Amazing Hairbreadth Escapes'' c 1937. Stated to be an extract from ''Hell’s Broth Militia'' [1936] Archive.org
:"Company of the Damned" by Captain W J Blackledge. An Inside Picture of the Hunted Men’s Militia [Kurram Militia] in India. The story of Digger Craven, second in command. Appeared in issues of the weekly magazine ''Liberty'' from v13n14 1936-4-4. [https://archive.org/details/Liberty_v13n14_1936-4-4.Liberty_Darwination-DPP_/page/n10 Part 1], [https://archive.org/details/Liberty_v15n15_-_1936_-_MacFadden/page/n31 part 2], [https://archive.org/details/Liberty_v13n16_-_1936_-_MacFadden/page/n37 part 3] Archive.org. Further episodes are not available online.
:An examination of Part 1 shows it is an abridged version of "Ants" which in turn is an extract from ''Hell’s Broth Militia''. Note some classify the latter as biography.<ref>[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=HY_4aH5ihhUC&lpg=PR1&pg=PA27 Page 27, entry 319] ''British Autobiographies: An Annotated Bibliography of British Autobiographies Published Or Written Before 1951'' by William Matthews. Reprint edition 1964 Google Books</ref> For more about this author, see [[Mesopotamia Campaign#Historical books online|Mesopotamia Campaign - Historical books online - Fiction]].
