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Prisoners of the Turks (First World War)

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*[https://archive.org/details/inbrigandshandst00forduoft ''In Brigands' Hands and Turkish Prisons, 1914-1918''] by A Forder 1920 Archive.org The author was an American missionary who was taken prisoner in Jerusalem in November 1914 and jailed by the military. He was a prisoner in Damascus for four years until the British occupation.
*[https://archive.org/details/agreementbetween00ingrea ''Agreement between the British and Ottoman governments respecting prisoners of war and civilians''] Presented to Parliament April 1918 HMSO. Archive.org
*[http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=IOR/L/MIL/5/775 IOR/L/MIL/5/775 Copy memorandum on intelligence obtained from sick and wounded members of the Kut garrison who arrived at Basra on 9 & 14 Sep 1916] British Library digitised manuscript. Includes image 29 onwards
**[http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/Viewer.aspx?ref=ior!l!mil!5!775_f029r Turkish treatment of British Prisoners of War] by Lt McNeal, RFA, a six page printed report concerning prisoners from Kut who remained in Mesopotamia, some of whom were subsequently exchanged.
*[http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=IOR/L/MIL/7/18454 IOR/L/MIL/7/18454 Collection 425/1284 British prisoners of war interned in Turkey] British Library digitised manuscript. Includes
**[http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/Viewer.aspx?ref=ior!l!mil!7!18454_f005r List of British and Indian POWs known to have died]. List includes the wording “in Baghdad”.
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