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*[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/28168/supplement/6053 "Despatch on the recent operations on the Mohmand border, in the Khyber, and the country of the Mohmands"] ''London Gazette Supplement'' August 14, 1908.
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/frontieroverseas01indi#page/n11/mode/2up ''Frontier and Overseas Expeditions from India: Volume 1 Tribes north of the Kabul River''] by Intelligence Branch Army Headquarters India 1907 Archive.org. There is a supplement ''Frontier and Overseas Expeditions from India Volume 1, supplement A: Operations against the Mohmands (including operations in the Khaiber, 1st-7th May'') which is available to read online on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] website, under the title ''Operations against the Mohmands'', barcode 4990010028652. Unfortunately the file is somewhat unsatisfactory. There is no Contents page and many pages are duplicated. For Chapter 2, go to computer page 21, and for Chapter 3, cp 29. At least the following pages appear to be missing in addition to the Contents: (actual) p 34-35 and Appendix page i. The supplement ''Operations against the Mohmands'' is also available to [http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1908-operations-against-the-mohmands-vol-1-supplement-a-s-pdf/ download as a pdf] from [[Online books#Pahar-Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset|Pahar-Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset]]. This edition possibly may be better quality than the DLI edition.
*''Frontier and Overseas Expeditions from India Volume 2. North-West Frontier Tribes between the Kabul and Gumal Rivers'' by Intelligence Branch Army Headquarters India 1908 is available to [http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1908-north-west-frontier-tribes-between-the-kabul-and-gumal-rivers-by-intelligence-branch-s-pdf/ download as a pdf] from [[Online books#Pahar-Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset|Pahar-Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset]]. It is also available to download as as a pdf from the Digital Library of India: [http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/116166 1908 pdf download], [http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/96937 2004 reprint edition]. There is a supplement [https://archive.org/details/FrontierAndOverseasExpeditionsFromIndiaVolII ''Frontier and Overseas Expeditions from India Volume 2 Supplement A ,Operations against the Zakka Khel Afridis''] Intelligence Branch Army Headquarters India 1908 Archive.org. May require a Djvu or BitTorrent plug in for ease of reading. This book is also available to read online on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] website, catalogued as "Frontier And Overseas Expeditions From India(Vol Ii)" 1908 as a [http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/173295 pdf download]. This supplement is also available as a [http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1908-operations-against-the-zakka-khel-afridis-vol-2-supplement-a-s-pdf/ pdf download], Pahar-Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset,.
*[https://archive.org/details/frontieroverseas03indi ''Frontier and Overseas Expeditions from India: Volume 3 Baluchistan, and the First Afghan War'']. Compiled in the Intelligence Branch, Army Headquarters India. 1910 Archive.org
*[http://archive.org/stream/someprinciplesof00bird#page/n1/mode/2up ''Some Principles of Frontier Mountain Warfare''] by Brevet-Major W. D. Bird 1909 Archive.org
*Actions in Waziristan continued during WW2, although details are not known. Awards appearing in the ''London Gazette Supplement''s indicate some of the regiments involved. There were also awards to RAF personnel.[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/34977/supplement/6175 1939] ''LGS'' 25 October 1940, [https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/35195/supplement/3495 1940] ''LGS'' 20 June 1941, [https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/35825/supplement/5495 1942] ''LGS'' 15 December 1942, [https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/36261/page/5176 1943] ''LGS'' 25 November 1943
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/IndianMountainArtillery/mountainartillery#page/n3/mode/2up ''The History of the Indian Mountain Artillery''] by Brigadier-General C A L Graham 1957 Archive.org.
*[https://archive.org/details/ThePathansByOlafCaroe ''The Pathans 550 B.C.-A.D. I957''] by Olaf Caroe 1958 Archive.org. [https://archive.org/stream/ThePathansByOlafCaroe/The-Pathans-By-Olaf-Caroe-ISBN10-%200710306822#page/n5/mode/2up Contents]. [https://archive.org/stream/ThePathansByOlafCaroe/The-Pathans-By-Olaf-Caroe-ISBN10-%200710306822#page/n509/mode/2up Index]. Unfortunately missing illustrations and most maps. Also available as [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/discover?filtertype_1=title&filter_relational_operator_1=contains&filter_1=Pathans&filtertype_2=author&filter_relational_operator_2=contains&filter_2=Caroe&submit_apply_filter=&rpp=10 multiple pdf downloads], Digital Library of India. Also available as a [http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1958-the-pathans-550-bc-to-ad-1957-by-caroe-s-pdf/ pdf download], Pahar- Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset. The author was Governor of the N-W Frontier Province 1946-1947.*[http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1935-brief-gazetteer-of-most-important-and-useful-place-names-in-waziristan-district-s-pdf/ ''Brief Gazetteer of Most Important and Useful Place Names in Waziristan District''. ] 1935 is available to download as a pdf from [[Online books#Pahar-Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset|Pahar-Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset]]. =====Routes=====*''Routes on the North-West Frontier compiled (for political and military reference) under the orders of the Quarter Master General in India, in the Intelligence Branch, in 1887 ; brought up to date in October 1892'' by W.R. Robertson. [http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1893-routes-on-north-west-frontier-vol-1-by-robertson-confidential-s-pdf Volume I], located under Books[http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1893-routes-on-north-west-frontier-vol-2-by-robertson-confidential-s-pdf/ Volume 2] Pdf downloads, Indian SubcontinentPahar- Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset.*[http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1912-strategical-epitome-of-routes-on-and-beyond-the-north-west-frontier-of-india-by-general-staff-india-confidential-s-pdf/ ''Strategical Epitome of Routes on and beyond the North-West Frontier of India''] by General Staff India (confidential) 1912 Pdf download, 1935Pahar-Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset.
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