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*[http://books.google.com/books?id=qZxCAAAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover ''Nine Years on the North-West Frontier of India from 1854 to 1863''] by Sir Sydney Cotton 1868 Google Books<br>
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/sirrobertgsandem00tuckrich#page/n5/mode/2up ''Sir Robert G. Sandeman K.C.S.I., peaceful conqueror of Baluchistan''] by A.L.P. Tucker 1921 Archive.org. Born 1835, he joined the Bengal Army in 1856 and the Civil Service in 1859, working in the North West from 1861 until his death in 1892.
*[https://archive.org/details/punjaubnorthwest00oldp ''The Punjaub and North-West Frontier of India'']
by An Old Punjaubee. 1878 Archive.org
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/indianfrontierp02adyegoog#page/n6/mode/2up ''Indian frontier policy: an historical sketch''] by General Sir John Adye 1897 Archive.org
*[http://www.archive.org/details/pathanrevoltinno00millrich ''The Pathan Revolt in North-West India''] by H. Woosnam Mills 1897 Archive.org
*[http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/34655/supplements/5667 "Report on Operations in Waziristan, 16th December, 1937 to the 31st December, 1938"] ''London Gazette Supplement'' 18 August 1939
*''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. 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 ‘checked out’). For more details see [[Online books#Archive.org|Online books-Archive.org]]
*''India’s North-West Frontier'' by Sir William Barton 1939 may be read online on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] website. The author was in the Indian Civil Service for 35 years.
*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.[http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/34977/supplements/6175 1939] ''LGS'' 25 October 1940, [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/35195/supplements/3495 1940] ''LGS'' 20 June 1941, [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/35825/supplements/5495 1942] ''LGS'' 15 December 1942, [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/36261/pages/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. This book is also available to read online on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India|Digital Library of India]] website, where the print quality is better.