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:Also see [[Gazetteers#Persian Gulf, Oman And Central Arabia|Gazetteers - Persian Gulf, Oman And Central Arabia]]
*[https://archive.org/details/voyagestravellso00olea ''The voyages and travells of the ambassadors sent by Frederick, Duke of Holstein, to the great Duke of Muscovy and the King of Persia. : Begun in the year M. DC. XXXIII. and finish'd in M. DC. XXXIX. Containing a compleat history of Muscovy, Tartary, Persia, and other adjacent countries. With several publick transactions reaching near the present times; in VII books. Whereto are added the Travels of John Albert de Mandelslo (a gentleman belonging to the Embassay) from Persia, into the East-Indies ... in III books ..''] by Adam Olearius, 1669. [https://archive.org/stream/voyagestravellso00olea#page/316/mode/2up Part 2: The Travels of John Albert de Mandelslo] page 317. Archive.org.
*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.169543/page/n3/mode/2up ''Sir John Chardin’s Travels in Persia'']. 1927 reprint of the 1720 ''A New and Accurate Description of Persia'', translated from the original French publications about travels in Persia 1669-1677, edited by N M Penzer with a "Preface", and an "Introduction" by Sir Percy Sykes. 1927 Archive.org
*[https://www.deutsche-digitale-bibliothek.de/item/JQU5IHNH6UGILO5L3VB662KPJHNTRGDF ''A new account of East-India and Persia : : in eight letters being nine years travels, begun 1672 and finished 1681''] by John Fryer 1698 London. Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek.
: A later edition, edited, with notes and an introduction, by William Crooke, formerly of the Bengal Civil Service. in three volumes, printed for the Hakluyt Society, (Second Series, 2/19, 2/20 and 2/39) 1909-1915. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.31952 Volume 1], [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.31953 Volume II], [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.49506 Volume III]. Archive.org, Public Library of India Collection.
:[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
:A biography of Sir Percy Sykes: ''Persia in the Great Game: Sir Percy Sykes, Explorer, Consul, Soldier, Spy'' by Antony Wynn 2003. Available at the British Library UIN: BLL01006930820 . Book review.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20200229002533/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/4730006/An-unsung-player-in-the-Great-Game.html Book review by Noel Malcolm] of ''Persia in the Great Game: Sir Percy Sykes, Explorer, Consul, Soldier, Spy'' by Antony Wynn. 9 March 2003. ''The Telegraph''</ref>
*[https://archive.org/details/autumntourinwest00dura/page/n1 ''An Autumn Tour in Western Persia''] by E R Durand [Ella R. Durand, Lady]. 1902 Archive.org. Also available [https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023486222.0x000001 Qatar Digital Library] where the illustrations have been correctly rotated. Digitised from British Library: Printed Collections T 10462
*[https://archive.org/details/cu31924027822679 ''The Persian problem: an examination of the rival positions of Russia and Great Britain in Persia with some account of the Persian Gulf and the Bagdad railway''] by H J Whigham 1903 Archive.org
