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Prisoners of the Turks (First World War)

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*[https://archive.org/details/inbrigandshandst00forduoft ''In Brigands' Hands and Turkish Prisons, 1914-1918''] by A Forder 1920 Archive.org The author was an American missionary who was taken prisoner in Jerusalem in November 1914 and jailed by the military. He was a prisoner in Damascus for four years until the British occupation.
*[https://archive.org/details/agreementbetween00ingrea ''Agreement between the British and Ottoman governments respecting prisoners of war and civilians''] Presented to Parliament April 1918 HMSO. Archive.org
*[http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=IOR/L/MIL/7/18454 IOR/L/MIL/7/18454 Collection 425/1284 British prisoners of war interned in Turkey] British Library digitised manuscript. Includes
**[http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/Viewer.aspx?ref=ior!l!mil!7!18454_f005r List of British and Indian POWs known to have died]. List includes the wording “in Baghdad”.
**[http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/Viewer.aspx?ref=ior!l!mil!7!18454_f018r Report by Major T D Cree regarding his, and his family’s treatment in Turkey]
*National Archives of Australia files, mainly consisting of copies of files from the British Foreign Office. [http://www.naa.gov.au/collection/search/index.aspx Search the NAA collection]
**[http://naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/imagine.asp?B=352773&I=1&SE=1 1916 Correspondence] File S9/364 (4 pages)
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