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:[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.
:For a story ''The Kana Burha'' by Sir George MacMunn, set in Mesopotamia, see Fiction, below.
:[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/32379/page/5321 Four Despatches from the Commander-In Chief, Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force]: Despatch No 1, dated 17th January 1920 from MacMunn, covering the period November 1919 to 17th January 1920. Despatches from Lieutenant-General Haldane, covering the periods: 18th January 1920 to 30th June 1920 in Mesopotamia and NW Persia. [Despatch No 2 dated 23rd August 1920. Page 5323]; 1st July 1820 to 19th October 1920 [Despatch No 3 dated 8th November 1920, page 5329] Despatch No 4, dated 8th February 1921 (page 5347) ''The London Gazette'' 1 July 1921 Issue: 32379 Page:5321.
*[http://jramc.bmj.com/content/39/5/354.full.pdf "Narrative of a March into Kurdistan during the Rebellion of 1919"] by Captain J. C. Burns ''Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps'' 1922;39:5 pages 354-371
*[https://archive.org/details/cu31924013590975 ''On the Road to Bagdad; a Story of Townshend's Gallant Advance on the Tigris''] by Lieut-Col Brereton 1917. Archive.org. An adventure story.
*[http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/38714 ''Carry On! A Story of the Fight for Bagdad''] by Herbert Strang 1917 gutenberg.org. An adventure story for younger readers.
*[https://archive.org/details/sim_blackwoods-magazine_1925-10_218_1320/page/558/mode/2up "The Kana Burha"] by Major-General Sir George MacMunn, page 558 ''Blackwood's Magazine October 1925, Volume 218''. Archive.org.
*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.72840/page/n3 ''These Men, Thy Friends''] by Edward Thompson 2nd edition 1929 Archive.org. He was an Army Chaplain with the 2nd Leicesters, see his account above, and also wrote fictional works with a war background in Palestine.<ref name=TDJ/>
*[https://archive.org/details/legionofmarching00blaciala/page/n7 ''The Legion of Marching Madmen''] by W J Blackledge c 1936 Archive.org. This book is considered to be fiction, although classified by some as a personal narrative, as discussed in a ''Great War Forum'' topic.<ref> MaureeneMaureenE. [https://www.greatwarforum.org/topic/270727-fictionfactionfact-the-legion-of-marching-madmen-w-j-blackledge-online/ Fiction/faction/fact? The Legion of Marching Madmen/ W J Blackledge: Online] ''Great War Forum'' 15 March 2019. Retrieved 17 March 2019.</ref>
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