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* ''A Brief Outline of the Campaign in Mesopotamia, 1914-1918'' by Roger Evans, 1926 [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.81412 Archive.org version], mirror from Digital Library of India.
*[https://archive.org/details/mesopotamia031379mbp ''Mesopotamia: The Last Phase''] by Lieut.-Colonel A H Burne Second Edition 1938 (First edition 1936?) Archive.org. From March 1917.
*[https://archive.org/details/nationalarmymuse0000carv/mode/2up ''The National Army Museum book of the Turkish Front 1914-1918 : the Campaigns at Gallipoli, in Mesopotamia and in Palestine''] by Field Marshal Lord Carver 2004, first published 2003. The Mesopotamia campaign commences [https://archive.org/details/nationalarmymuse0000carv/page/102/mode/2up Chapter 6, page 102]. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.
*[https://archive.org/details/edentoarmageddon0000ford ''Eden to Armageddon : World War I in the Middle East''] by Roger Ford 2010. Includes [https://archive.org/details/edentoarmageddon0000ford/page/18/mode/2up Part I "Mesopotamia"] page 19. Covers the period to the armistice. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.
*For Indian Army regimental histories, see [[Corps of Guides, Punjab Frontier Force‎|The Guides, (Cavalry and Infantry)]]; [[7th (Duke of Connaught's Own) Rajput Regiment of Bengal Infantry|7th (Duke of Connaught's Own) Rajput Infantry]]; [[41st Regiment of Dogra Infantry‎|41st Dogras]]; [[104th Wellesley’s Rifles]]; [[105th Mahratta Light Infantry]]; [[2nd Gurkha Rifles|2nd King Edward's Own Goorkha Rifles (The Sirmoor Rifles)]]; [[2nd Bombay Pioneers]]; [[Bengal Sappers and Miners|Bengal]], [[Madras Sappers and Miners|Madras]], [[Bombay Sappers and Miners]] for years to 1922;
: For other Indian Army regimental histories on fold3 (Ancestry owned pay website), see [[Hodson's Horse]]; [[Bhopal Battalion|9th Bhopal Infantry]]; [[8th Regiment of Punjab Infantry|20th (Cambridge's Own) Infantry, Brownlow's Punjabis]]; [[24th Regiment of Punjab Infantry|24th Punjabis]]; [[26th Regiment of Punjab Infantry|26th Punjabis]]; [[45th Regiment of Sikh Infantry|45th Rattray’s Sikhs]]; [[6th Regiment of Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force|59th Scinde Rifles]]; [[7th Regiment of Madras Native Infantry| 67th Punjabis]]; [[5th Gurkha Rifles]]; [[4th Regiment of Madras Native Infantry| 2nd Battalion, Madras Pioneers]];
**IOR/L/PS/11/121 [http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=IOR/L/PS/11/121 1917 Political and Secret Annual Files] which includes “Indian Journalists Tour of Mesopotamia” Newspaper articles written in Indian newspapers June 1917
**IOR/L/PS/11/129 [http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Ior/l/ps/11/129 1917 Political and Secret Annual Files] includes P 4640/1917 The Turkish campaigns in Mesopotamia, Palestine and Hedjaz; P 4700/1917 The War: arrest in Persia of certain Indian Army deserters, case of one Abdul Manun; P 4973/1917 The War: military situation in Turkey
*[https://archive.org/details/edentoarmageddon0000ford ''Eden to Armageddon : World War I in the Middle East''] by Roger Ford 2010. Includes [https://archive.org/details/edentoarmageddon0000ford/page/18/mode/2up Part I "Mesopotamia"] page 19. Covers the period to the armistice. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.
*[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/31287/supplement/4739 Despatch by Lieut-General Sir W R Marshall] on the operations of the Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force from 1st October 1918 to 31st December 1918, dated 1st February 1919. Mesopotamia and NW Persia (page 4743) ''The London Gazette'' 8 April 1919 Supplement: 31287 Page: 4739
:[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/31813/supplement/2877 Despatch from Major General Sir George F MacMunn], officiating Commander-In Chief, Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force, describing events since 1st January 1919, including North Persia, and Southern and Cental Kurdistan, for various operations between March and September 1919. ''The London Gazette'' 5 March 1920 Supplement: 31813 Page: 2877. The actual pages are dated 8 March 1920.
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