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*''Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan : including a Summer in the Upper Karun region and a visit to the Nestorian Rayahs'' by Mrs Bishop (Isabella L Bird) 1891. [https://archive.org/details/journeysinpersia01birdiala Volume I], [https://archive.org/details/journeysinpersi00birdgoog Volume II] Archive.org
*[http://archive.org/stream/ayearamongstper00browgoog#page/n9/mode/2up ''A Year Amongst the Persians: impressions as to the life, character, and thought of the people of Persia, received during twelve month's residence in that country in the years 1887-8''], by Edward Granville Browne 1893 Archive.org
*''Persia and the Persian Question'' by George Nathaniel Curzon (Lord Curzon) 1892 [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.210739 Volume I], [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.210740 Volume II] Archive.org, Digital Library of India Collection.
*[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
*''The Letters Of Gertrude Bell'' published 1927. Archive.org, Digital Library of India Collection. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.209780 Volume I] contains a short section in respect of her time in Persia in 1892. ([https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.70327 Volume II])
*[https://archive.org/details/railwaysinwester00pico '"Railways in Western Asia"] by Lieutenant-Colonel H Picot Indian Army (Retired). ''Proceedings the Central Asian Society'', London 1904 Archive.org.
*[https://archive.org/details/ourrecentprogres00syke "Our recent progress in Southern Persia, and its possibilities"] by H R Sykes ''Proceedings of the Central Asian Society'' March 1905. Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/russianrailwayst00bere "Russian Railways towards India"] by Colonel C E de la Poer Beresford ''Proceedings of the Central Asian Society'' December 1905 . Archive.org*[https://archive.org/details/some-problems-of-the-persian-gulf/mode/2up "Some Problems of the Persian Gulf"] by Lovat Fraser. ''Proceedings of the Central Asian Society January 8, 1908'' (1908). Archive.org
*''Gazetteer Of The Persian Gulf, Oman And Central Arabia'' by J G Lorimer, published 1908 to 1915. Volume I, Historical consists of Part I being the 'Arabian' portion of the History and Part II being the 'Persian' section of the History. Both Parts of Volume I, Historical, have the same extensive index, covering all Parts. Volume I: Historical: Part III Geneaological Tables and a Map. Volume II: Geographical and Statistical.
**Available on Archive.org, Digital Library of India Collection.
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:British Library Untold lives blog [http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/untoldlives/2014/02/persian-gulf-tragedy-the-death-of-john-gordon-lorimer.html ‘Persian Gulf tragedy’ – the death of John Gordon Lorimer] 08 February 2014 (retrieved 18 June 2014)
*''Persia and the Persian Question'' by George Nathaniel Curzon (Lord Curzon) 1892 [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.210739 Volume I], [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.210740 Volume II] Archive.org, Digital Library of India Collection.
*Article "Indo British Trade with Persia" by Naoroz M Parveez pages 12-29 [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.530472 ''Imperial and asiatic quarterly review, and oriental and colonial record 1907 Third Series Volume 23''] Archive.org, Digital Library of India Collection. There is a discussion of the paper from page 106.
*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.170320 ''The Frontiers Of Baluchistan''] by G P Tate 1909. Archive.org, Public Library of India Collection. Full title ''The Frontiers of Baluchistan : Travels on the Borders of Persia and Afghanistan''. [Seistan (Sistan) Arbitration Mission, 1903-1905]
*[https://archive.org/details/bymountainlakepl00kennrich ''By Mountain, Lake and Plain : being a Sketch of Sport in Eastern Persia''] by Major R L Kennion 1911. Archive.org. In 1907 the author was appointed Consul for the Districts of Seistan and Kain in Iran. He had previously served in Kashmir, Gilgit and Leh, with the Indian Foreign and Political Department.
*[https://archive.org/details/persialandofmagi00nwee ''Persia the land of the magi, or, The home of the wise men; an historical and descriptive account of Persia from the earliest ages to the present time; with a detailed view of its people, their manners, ... including Afghanistan and Beloochistan''] by Samuel K Nweeya 1913 Archive.org
*''The Countries and Tribes of the Persian Gulf'' by Colonel S B Miles (Samuel Barrett) 1919. [https://archive.org/details/TheCountriesAndTribesOfThePersianGulfVolume1/page/n7/mode/2up Volume I], [https://archive.org/details/TheCountriesAndTribesOfThePersianGulfVolume2/page/n5/mode/2up Volume II] Archive.org. Miles was of the Indian Army and Political Service, Consul-General of Muscat and Baghdad.
*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.177611 ''A Lady Doctor in Bakhtiari Land''] by the late Elizabeth N. Macbean Ross, M.B.; Ch.B 1921 Archive.org. [http://www.scotlandswar.co.uk/ross_enm.html Biographical details] 1878-1915. Scotland’s War. She died of typhus doing volunteer medical work in Serbia during WW1.
*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.209652 ''SW Persia: A Political Officers Diary 1907-1914''] by Sir Arnold Wilson 1941 Archive.org, Digital Library of India Collection.
:[https://archive.org/details/ThePersianGulf.AnHistoricalSketchFromTheEarliestTimesToTheBeginningOfTheTwentiet/page/n4/mode/2up ''The Persian Gulf. An Historical Sketch from the Earliest Times to the Beginning of the Twentieth Century''] by Lt. Col. Sir Arnold T Wilson 1928. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.283609/page/n3/mode/2up 2nd file] Archive.org
:[http://digitallib.stou.ac.th/handle/6625047444/1865 ''Persia''] by Sir Arnold Wilson 1932. Link to a pdf download STOU Digital Repository Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University, Thailand. Note, website has been noticed to be unavailable at times. Possibly may be open only during "office hours".
*First World War period and later: British Library India Office Records on Qatar Digital Library
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