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*[''Selections from the Records of the Bombay Government. New series. no. 43''] ''Memoirs'' by Commander James Felix Jones I.N: ''steam-trip to the North of Baghdad in April 1846 with notes on various objects of interest en route : journey for the purpose of determining the tract of the ancient Nahrwan canal undertaken in April 1848 with a glance at the past history of the territory of the Nahrwan : journey to the frontier of Turkey and Persia through a part of Kurdistan : researches in the vicinity of the Median Wall of Xenophon and along the old course of the River Tigris and discovery of the site of the ancient Opis : memoir on the province of Baghdad : notes on the topography of Ninevah and the other cities of Assyria and on the general geography of the country between the Tigris and the upper Zab founded upon a trigonometrical survey made in the year 1852''. Published 1857.
:[https://archive.org/details/b29353439/page/n7/mode/2up Archive.org version] lacks title page, and including [https://archive.org/details/b29353439/page/302/mode/2up "Memoir on the Province of Baghdad. 1855"]. Includes coloured images and is a mirror from [https://wellcomelibrary.org/item/b29353439 Wellcome Library] where pages are rotatable. Also available [http://ediscovery.qnl.qa/islandora/object/QNL%3A00013927 Qatar National Library] Read online or download. There may be difficulty opening the file. Also available on the pay website [https://granthsanjeevaniarchive.comorg/jspuidetails/handledli.granth.15202/page/i/123456789mode/15202 2up Archive.org], mirror from Granth Sanjeevani, Asiatic Society of Mumbai] granthsanjeevani.com.
:There was a 1998 facsimile re-publication with the title ''Memoirs of Baghdad, Kurdistan & Turkish Arabia 1857'' by J. F Jones , Indian Navy.
*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.77433 ''Oriental Memories of a German Diplomatist''] by Friedrich Rosen, 1930 Archive.org, Digital Library of India Collection. The author was born 1856. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_Rosen Friedrich Rosen] Wikipedia.
