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*[http://www.archive.org/stream/minutesproceedi04unkngoog#page/n461/mode/2up "Central Asia, and our military position on the North-West Frontier of India"] by Colonel John Adye RA. 20 January 1870. Page 389 ''Minutes of Proceedings of the Royal Artillery Institution, Volume VI, 1870'' Archive.org
*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=3h43AQAAMAAJ&pg=PR9 ''A Record of the Expeditions Undertaken against the North-West Frontier Tribes. Compiled from the military and political despatches, Lieut.-Colonel McGregor's gazetteer, and other official sources''], by Lieutenant-Colonel W.H. Paget, Commandant 5th Panjab Cavalry 1874 Google Books
**Lieut.-Colonel McGregor's gazetteer is possibly the three volumes in the series ''Central Asia'' by C M MacGregor: ''Part 1. North-West Frontier of British India''. 3 vol. [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/278643 Central Asia Part-I Vol-II] by C M Macgregor. Pdf download, Digital Library of India. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.278643 Archive.org version], mirror from Digital Library of India. Full title: ''Central Asia Part I: A contribution towards the better knowledge of the topography, ethnology, resources, & history of the North-West Frontier of British India complied (for political and military reference). Volume II'', published 1873. Other volumes are available at the British Library, catalogue record IOR/L/MIL/17/14/72.
*[https://archive.org/details/punjaubnorthwest00oldp ''The Punjaub and North-West Frontier of India''] 
by An Old Punjaubee. 1878 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/acrossborderorpa00oliv ''Across the Border : or Pathan and Biloch''] by Edward E Oliver 1890 Archive.org
*[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/26889/page/4989 "Field Operations - Tochi"]. ''The London Gazette'' September 7, 1897
*[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/26928/page/147 "Despatches: The operations of the Malakand and Mohmand Field Forces"] ''The London Gazette'' January 11, 1898.
*''Military Operations on the North-West Frontiers of India. Papers regarding British relations with the neighboring tribes on the north-west frontier of India, and the military operations undertaken against them during the year 1897-1898''. HMSO 1898. [http://hdl.handle.net/2027/nyp.33433000076269?urlappend=%3Bseq=9 Volume I] Hathi Trust HathiTrust Digital Library. [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/279045 Volume I] Pdf download, Digital Library of India. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.279045 Archive.org version].[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/279046 Volume II] Pdf download, mirror from Digital Library of India. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.279046 Volume II Archive.org version], mirror from Digital Library of India.
*[https://archive.org/details/risingsonnorthwe00alla ''The Risings on the North-west Frontier being a complete narrative, with specially prepared maps of the various risings of the frontier tribes in the Tochi Valley, the Swat Valley, the country of the Mohmands and Mamunds, and the country of the Afridis and Orakzai... from the middle of June, 1897 to the end of January, 1898''] Special War Correspondence of the "Pioneer" 1898 (archive.org)
**with a [https://archive.org/stream/risingsonnorthwe00alla#page/n11/mode/1up Map of the Area of Disturbance] and a [https://archive.org/stream/risingsonnorthwe00alla#page/n127/mode/1up Sketch map: Afridi and Orakzai country]
*[http://dspace.gipe.ac.in/xmlui/handle/10973/38209 ''Wars and Military Operations on or beyond the borders of British India''] in which the Government of India have been engaged since the year 1849. Presented to Parliament. Her Majesty's Stationery Office [HMSO], London 1900. This document is a listing of the operations, with only minimal details. Pdf download Digital Repository of GIPE-Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics [Pune India].
*[http://archive.org/stream/frontierwarfare00offigoog#page/n4/mode/2up ''Frontier Warfare 1901''] Official publication Simla. "Notes... written for the assistance of commanders when operating in broken and mountainous ground and are based on the experience gained in late frontier campaigns". Archive.org
*[http://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.b5121073?urlappend=%3Bseq=4 ''Small Wars. Their Principles and Practice''] by Colonel C. [Charles] E. [Edward] Callwell. General Staff - War Office. Third Edition 1906. His Majesty's Stationery Office, London. (First edition 1896) ”It is recommended to officers as a valuable contribution on the subject of the conduct of small wars.” Hathi Trust HathiTrust Digital Library. [http://www.history.navy.mil/research/library/online-reading-room/title-list-alphabetically/s/small-wars-their-principles-and-practice.html A transcribed version] Naval History and Heritage Command, an official U.S. Navy web site.
**[https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.b5121073?urlappend=%3Bseq=487 Sangars] page 469.
*[http://dspace.gipe.ac.in/xmlui/handle/10973/38213 ''East India (North-West Frontier). Mahsud-Waziri Operations''] 1902 His Majesty's Stationery Office, London . A report to Parliament, covering correspondence 1899-1902. Pdf download Digital Repository of GIPE-Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics [Pune India]. Also available [https://hdl.handle.net/2027/nyp.33433000076277?urlappend=%3Bseq=9 HathiTrust Digital Library], where the pages may be rotated if required.
*[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 with full title ''Frontier and Overseas Expeditions from India Volume 1, supplement A: Operations against the Mohmands (including operations in the Khaiber, 1st-7th May'') available under the title [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.548603 ''Operations against the Mohmands''], Archive.org, Digital Library of India Collection. Unfortunately the file is somewhat unsatisfactory. There is no Contents page and many pages are duplicated. For Chapter 2, go to digital file page 21, and for Chapter 3, df p29. 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. If the catalogue entry does not have a download, look under 'Books'.*''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]]. If the catalogue entry does not have a download, look under 'Books'. It is also available to download as as a pdf from the Digital Library of India: [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/116166 1908 pdf download], [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.116166 1908 Archive.org version], mirror from Digital Library of India ; [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/96937 2004 reprint edition], [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.96937 2004 reprint edition, Archive.org version], mirror from Digital Library of India. There is a supplement ''Frontier and Overseas Expeditions from India Volume 2 Supplement A ,Operations against the Zakka Khel Afridis'' Intelligence Branch Army Headquarters India 1908 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://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/173295 pdf download], [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.173295 Archive.org version]mirror from Digital Library of India. 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, (if the catalogue entry does not have a download, look under 'Books'), and as an [https://archive.org/details/FrontierAndOverseasExpeditionsFromIndiaVolII additional version on Archive.org] which may require a Djvu or BitTorrent plug in for ease of reading.
*[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
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/campaignsonnorth00nevi#page/n5/mode/2up ''Campaigns on the North-West Frontier''] by Capt H.L.Nevill DSO 1912 Archive.org
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/fromblackmountai00wyll#page/n5/mode/2up ''From the Black Mountain to Waziristan being an account of the border countries and the more turbulent of the tribes controlled by the North-west frontier province, and of our military relations with them in the past''] by H. C. Wylly 1912 Archive.org
*''The Problem Of The North-West Frontier 1890-1908'' by Collin C Davies 1932 is available to read online on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] website, and as a [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/81840 pdf download]. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.81840 Archive.org version], mirror from Digital Library of India. Alternatively, it may be downloaded as a pdf from [http://oudl.osmania.ac.in/handle/OUDL/1934 OUDL] Osmania University Digital Library. May only be available Indian office hours (IST 10 am to 6 pm), (IST = GMT+5:30). It is also available to [http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1932-the-problem-of-the-north-west-frontier-1890-1908-by-davies-s-pdf/ download as a pdf] from [[Online books#Pahar-Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset|Pahar-Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset]], (if the catalogue entry does not have a download, look under 'Books').
*[https://archive.org/details/pathanborderland00enririch ''The Pathan borderland: a consecutive account of the country and people on and beyond the Indian frontier from Chitral to Dera Ismail Khan''] by C.M. Enriquez 1910 Archive.org. With [https://archive.org/stream/pathanborderland00enririch#page/n11/mode/1up Map [top half only<nowiki>]</nowiki>]. [http://www.archive.org/stream/cu31924024153797#page/n5/mode/2up 2nd edition 1921] Archive.org
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/gunrunningindian00kepp#page/n9/mode/2up ''Gun-running and the Indian north-west frontier''] by the Hon. Arnold Keppel 1911 Archive.org
*[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/32156/page/12129 "A report on the operations in Waziristan during the period 3rd November 1919 to 7th May 1920".] ''London Gazette'' 8 December 1920.
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/operationsinwa00indi#page/n5/mode/2up ''Operations in Waziristan, 1919-1920''] Compiled by the General Staff Army Headquarters, India 1921 Archive.org<br>
*''Waziristan 1919-1920'' by H De Watteville 1925 (one of eight in the series ''Campaigns and Their Lessons'') is available to read online on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] website, in TIFF format, and as a [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/54945 pdf download]. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.54945 Archive.org version], mirror from Digital Library of India.
*[http://archive.org/stream/cu31924012679548#page/n291/mode/2up "N.W. Frontier 1919-1920"] page 273 ''The Post Office of India in the Great War'' edited by H.A. Sams Published 1922 Archive.org
*[http://dspace.gipe.ac.in/xmlui/handle/10973/29472''Indian Frontier Organisation''] published by the ''Pioneer'' 1920. Pdf download Digital Repository of GIPE-Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics [Pune India].
*[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/449186 ''Official History of Operations on the N.-W. Frontier of India, 1920-35''] by General Staff Army Headquarters, India 1945. Pdf download, Previously available Digital Library of India, (handle/2015/449186) and may return in the future.:Also available Available in a reprint edition<ref>[https://www.naval-military-press.com/product/official-history-of-operations-on-the-north-west-frontier-of-india-1920-1935/ ''Official History Of Operations On The North-West Frontier Of India 1920-1935''] Naval & Military Press</ref> which in turn is available as part of an online book on the Ancestry owned pay website fold3.<ref name=NWF>[https://www.fold3.com/browse/251/hTGb85NZ8EamDdOvs1LINNg2y ''Official History of Operations on the NW Frontier of India''] fold3 (located in World War2/Military books/India). Consists of 2 books.</ref>
*[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/32773/supplement/8599 "A report on the operations of the Waziristan Force for the period 1st April to 31st December, 1921"] ''London Gazette Supplement'' 1 December 1922.
*[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/32913/supplement/1807 "A report on the operations in Waziristan for the period 1st January, 1922 to the 20th April, 1923"] ''London Gazette Supplement'' 27 February 1924
*[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/32993/supplement/8319 "Final despatch on the operations of Waziristan Force covering the period 21st April, 1923, to 31st March, 1924"] ''London Gazette Supplement'' 18 November 1924
*''Tales of Tirah and Lesser Tibet'' by Lilian A Starr, published 1924 is available to read online on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] website, in TIFF format, and as a [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/100747 pdf download], [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.100747 Archive.org version], mirror from Digital Library of India. Includes general comments about the Pathans, based on the author's experience in the Mission Hospital at Peshawar. Also available on the [http://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.$b258987?urlappend=%3Bseq=9 Hathi Trust Digital Library], and as [http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1923-tales-of-tirah-and-lesser-tibet-by-starr-s-pdf/ pdf download], from Pahar-Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset, (if the catalogue entry does not have a download, look under 'Books').
*[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/33104/supplement/7595 "An account of the recent operations by the Royal Air Force against certain recalcitrant sections of the Mahsuds in March, April and May, 1925"]. ''London Gazette Supplement'' 20 November 1925.
*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.52854 ''The Romance Of The Indian Frontiers''] by Lt-Gen Sir George MacMunn, Colonel-Commandant Royal Artillery 1931 Archive.org, Digital Library of India Collection.
:''Turmoil and Tragedy in India, 1914 and After'' by Lieut.-General Sir George MacMunn 1935 is available to read online on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] website, in TIFF format. It is catalogued as ''Turmoil The Tragedy In India 1914''. It is also available as [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/177667 a pdf to download from DLI], [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.177667 Archive.org version], mirror from Digital Library of India.
*[http://archive.org/stream/indiain19301931032269mbp#page/n39/mode/2up "The North West Frontier"], page 9 ''India in 1930-1931'' A statement prepared for presentation to Parliament. Government of India Central Publication Branch 1932. Archive.org.
*''Passing It On: Short Talks on Tribal fighting on the North-West Frontier of India'' by General Sir Andrew Skeen , 3rd edition 1934 (originally published 1932) is available to read online on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] website, in TIFF format and as a [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/275472 pdf download], [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.275472 Archive.org version], mirror from Digital Library of India. A 2010 reprint edition with annotations published by the Foreign Military Studies Office, Fort Leavenworh Kansas. [http://fmso.leavenworth.army.mil/documents/Skeen.pdf pdf]. Note: some of the text may not have been included, at least one probable whole page has been noted.*[http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1960-hired-to-kill-some-chapters-of-autobiography-by-morris-s-pdf/ ''Hired to Kill: Some Chapters of Autobiography''] by Charles John Morris 1960. Link to a pdf download, PAHAR Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset, (if the catalogue entry does not have a download, look under 'Books'). John Morris was an officer with the [[3rd Gurkha Rifles]] from 1918 until 1934 in Palestine, Afghanistan (the [[3rd Afghan War|Third Afghan War]] in 1919), Waziristan and the North West Frontier of India.
*[http://www.jstor.org/stable/41355210 "Roads And Motor Transport In India"] by Brigadier-General Lord Montagu of Beaulieu, Adviser on Mechanical Transport Services in India, 1915-19. ''Journal of the Royal Society of Arts'' Vol. 68, No. 3529 (July 9, 1920), pp. 541-552 jstor.org. Available to read for free on JSTOR, but first you must register, see [[Miscellaneous tips#Access some articles in the JSTOR subscription website for free|Miscellaneous tips]]. Includes roads in the frontier region, and their military importance.
*[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/449185 ''Official History of Operations on the N.W. Frontier of India, 1936-37''] by General Staff Army Headquarters, India 1943. Pdf download, Previously available Digital Library of India(handle/2015/449185), and may return in the future.:Also available Available in a reprint edition<ref>[https://www.naval-military-press.com/product/official-history-of-operations-on-the-north-west-frontier-of-india-1936-1937/ ''Official History Of Operations On The North-West Frontier Of India 1936-1937''] Naval & Military Press</ref> which in turn is available as part of an online book on the Ancestry owned pay website fold3.<ref name=NWF/> *[http://www.archive.org/stream/waziristan193619031345mbp#page/n7/mode/2up ''Waziristan 1936- 1937: The problems of the North-West Frontiers of India and their Solutions''] by Lieut Colonel C. E. Bruce 1938 Archive.org. Missing the "Bibliography" at the end of the book, page 80 onwards. Also available as a [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/78556 pdf download], Digital Library of India, [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.78556 Archive.org version], mirror from Digital Library of India.
*[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/34449/supplement/6811 "Report on Operations in Waziristan, 25th November 1936 to 16th January 1937 (1st Phase)"] ''London Gazette Supplement'' 2 November 1937
*[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/34484/supplement/1057 "Report on Operations In Waziristan, 16th January 1937 to 15th September 1937 (Second Phase)"] ''London Gazette Supplement'' 18 February 1938
*[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/34520/supplement/3819 "Report on Operations in Waziristan, 16th September 1937 to 15th December 1937 (Final Phase)"] ''London Gazette Supplement'' 14 June 1938
*[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/34655/supplement/5667 "Report on Operations in Waziristan, 16th December, 1937 to the 31st December, 1938"] ''London Gazette Supplement'' 18 August 1939
*[https://web.archive.org/save/_embed/http://lib.uofk.edu/multisites/UofK_lib/images/stories/libpdf/sud.lib.imperial%20policing.pdf ''Imperial Policing''] by Major-General Sir Charles W Gwynn 1939 Archive.org (pdf). Also available as a [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/275121 pdf download], Digital Library of India, [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.275121 Archive.org version]mirror from Digital Library of India. Includes Chapter 10, "Peshawar District 1930", page 253 and Chapter 14, "Waziristan 1937" page 394.
*''Bugles and a Tiger'' by John Masters is available to read online on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] website, in TIFF format or as a [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/278629 pdf download], [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.278629 Archive.org version]; or [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/201985 another pdf download], [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.201985 Archive.org version], the latter is the 1965 edition or [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/525270 pdf download, catalogued 1956]. The original edition [http://archive.org/details/buglesandtigervo00mast ''Bugles and a Tiger; a Volume of Autobiography''] published in 1956 is available to read online through the Internet Archive (Archive.org) Lending Library. The main restriction is that only one person can see a particular book at one time (so the book may be "on loan'). For more details see [[Online books#Archive.org|Online books-Archive.org]]. Also see the page [[John Masters]].
:[https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.278629/2015.278629.Bugles-And#page/n215/ Pathan social customs] pages 212-213, including the wearing, by men, of roses in their hair.
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