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*[https://archive.org/stream/besiegedinkutaft00barb#page/n7/mode/2up ''Besieged in Kut, and after''] by Major Charles Harrison Barber I M S [Indian Medical Service] 1918 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/inkutcaptivitywi00sand ''In Kut and Captivity : with the Sixth Indian Division''] by Major E W G Sandes 1919 Archive.org
: ''Tales of Turkey'' by Major E W C Sandes 1924. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.284373 Archive.org version], mirror from Digital Library of India..
*[http://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.$b302550?urlappend=%3Bseq=11 ''Turkey in Travail: the Birth of a New Nation''] by Harold Armstrong (Lately Assistant and Acting Military Attache to the High Commissioner , Constantinople) 1925 Hathi Trust Digital Library. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.61410 Archive.org version], mirror from Digital Library of India. The initial chapters cover the fall of Kut and the author’s experiences as POW in Turkey. He appears to have then been an officer in an Indian Army regiment.
*[http://archive.org/stream/kutprisoner00bishrich#page/n9/mode/2up ''A Kut Prisoner''] by H. C. W. Bishop, Indian Army Reserve of Officers. 1920 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/roadtoendor00unkngoog ''The Road to En-Dor; being an account of how two prisoners of war at Yozgad in Turkey won their way to freedom''] by E H Jones Lt. IARO, 1920 Archive.org The author, Elias Henry Jones was captured at Kut and had previously been in the [[Indian Civil Service]] in Burma. Biographical details are available below<ref>[http://homefrontmuseum.wordpress.com/2014/01/26/elias-henry-jones/ Elias Henry Jones] homefrontmuseum (accessed 22 July 2014)</ref>
*[https://archive.org/details/secretsofkuttit00mous ''The Secrets of a Kuttite, an Authentic Story of Kut, Adventures in Captivity and Stamboul Intrigue''] by Captain E O Mousley, RFA 1921 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/caughtbyturks00yeatuoft ''Caught by the Turks''] by Francis Yeats-Brown 1919 Archive.org The author was a member of the Royal Flying Corps who was captured near Baghdad in 1915. Also by the same author ''Bengal Lancer'', (1930) which contains a chapter on his time in Mesopotamia prior to his capture: [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.58995 Archive.org version], mirror from Digital Library of India; [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.208478 Another Archive.org version], mirror from Digital Library of India. ''Golden Horn'' by Francis Yeats-Brown 1932 [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.209036 Archive.org version]. , mirror from Digital Library of India. "A sketch of the political activities in Turkey from 1908 to the world war, and an account of the author's experiences as a prisoner of war of Turkey. This latter part (chap. V-XI) is a revision of the author's book published in 1919 under title: ''Caught by the Turks''." [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Yeats-Brown Wikipedia]
*[https://archive.org/details/prisonerinturkey00stiluoft ''A Prisoner in Turkey''] by John Still 1920 Archive.org. Contains some comments concerning the prisoners from Kut. A book in the ''On Active Service'' Series
*[http://archive.org/stream/inmesopotamia00swayuoft#page/n5/mode/2up ''In Mesopotamia''] by Martin Swayne (real name [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_Nicoll Maurice Nicoll]), illustrated by the author. 1917 Archive.org. The author was a doctor in the British Army working in a mobile hospital.
*''Iraq: A Study in Political Development'' by Philp Willard Ireland 1937. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.55027 Archive.org version], mirror from Digital Library of India. [https://archive.org/details/Iraq Additional file Archive.org]. Includes chapters on the war period, in addition to the post war years.
*[https://archive.org/stream/memoirsofsirrona001290mbp#page/n251/mode/2up Page 219] ''The Memoirs Of Sir Ronald Storrs'' 1937 Archive.org. The author, working for the Foreign Office in Egypt, was appointed Political Officer in Mesopotamia in 1917 to represent the Egyptian Expeditionary Force in Mesopotamia.
*[https://archive.org/details/arabianadventure0000glub ''Arabian Adventures : Ten years of joyful service''] by John Glubb (Sir John Bagot Glubb) 1978. The period from 1920, when he was posted as a member of the Royal Engineers. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Bagot_Glubb John Bagot Glubb] Wikipedia.
*[https://archive.org/details/arabbureaubritis0000west ''The Arab Bureau : British policy in the Middle East, 1916-1920''] by Bruce Westrate 1992. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.
*''Field Notes Mesopotamia'' by General Staff India 1915 (Poor quality print) [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.108689 Archive.org version], mirror from Digital Library of India.
* ''When’s When In Mesopotamia'' by General Staff, Mes. Ex. Force Printed at the Government Press Baghdad 1919. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.284792 Archive.org version], mirror from Digital Library of India. Conversion tables showing the European style dates from August 1914 to December 1919 and the equivalent dates under various other systems: Arabic - Old Style - Turkish Official - Jewish - Persian Zodiacal. Also details of Arabic time, where the day commences at sunset.
