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*''The Long Road to Baghdad'' by Edmund Candler 1919 Archive.org [https://archive.org/details/longroadtobaghda00canduoft Volume I], [https://archive.org/details/longroadtobaghd02cand Volume II]
*''British Campaigns in the Nearer East, 1914-1918. From the outbreak of war with Turkey to the Armistice'' by Edmund Dane , Military Correspondent of the ''Westminster Gazette'' 1919 Archive.org. [https://archive.org/details/britishcampaigns01dane Volume I: ''The Days of Adversity''], [https://archive.org/details/britishcampaigns02dane Volume II: ''The Tide of Victory'']
*[https://archive.org/details/ABriefOutlineOfTheCampaignInMesopotamia19141918 ''A brief outline Brief Outline of the campaign Campaign in Mesopotamia, 1914-1918''] by Roger Evans, 1926 Archive.org (For ease is of reading, you may need a [http://djvu.org/resources/ Djvu] or BitTorrent plug-in). Also available as a [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/81412 pdf] from the Digital Library of India. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.81412 Archive.org/DLI version].
*[https://archive.org/details/mesopotamia031379mbp ''Mesopotamia: The Last Phase''] by Lieut.-Colonel A H Burne Second Edition 1938 (First edition 1936?) Archive.org. From March 1917.
*[https://archive.org/details/marvellousmesopo00parfrich ''Marvellous Mesopotamia: The World’s Wonderland''] by Joseph T Parfit, Canon of St George’s Jerusalem 1920 Archive.org. Contains a number of chapters on WW1, commencing with “The Causes of the War”. Also [https://archive.org/details/mesopotamiakeyto00parf ''Mesopotamia : the Key to the Future''] by Canon J T Parfit 1917 Archive.org and [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/143207 ''Serbia To Kut''] by Joseph T Parfit 1917. Pdf download, Digital Library of India [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.143207 Archive.org version] - full title: ''Serbia to Kut: an account of the War in the Bible Lands'' [Balkans, Egypt, Palestine, Syria and Mesopotamia]. An overview of the conflict.
*[https://archive.org/details/roadtoendor00unkngoog ''The Road to En-Dor; being an account of how two prisoners of war at Yozgad in Turkey won their way to freedom''] by E H Jones Lt. IARO, 1920 Archive.org The author, Elias Henry Jones was captured at Kut and had previously been in the [[Indian Civil Service]] in Burma. Biographical details are available below<ref>[http://homefrontmuseum.wordpress.com/2014/01/26/elias-henry-jones/ Elias Henry Jones] homefrontmuseum (accessed 22 July 2014)</ref>
*[https://archive.org/details/secretsofkuttit00mous ''The Secrets of a Kuttite, an Authentic Story of Kut, Adventures in Captivity and Stamboul Intrigue''] by Captain E O Mousley, RFA 1921 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/caughtbyturks00yeatuoft ''Caught by the Turks''] by Francis Yeats-Brown 1919 Archive.org The author was a member of the Royal Flying Corps who was captured near Baghdad in 1915. Also by the same author ''Bengal Lancer'', (1930) which contains a chapter on his time in Mesopotamia prior to his capture: [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/58995 Pdf download], [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.58995 Archive.org version]; [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/208478 Another pdf download] Digital Library of India, [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.208478 Archive.org version]. [https://archive.org/details/GoldenHorn ''Golden Horn''] by Francis Yeats-Brown 1932 Archive.org. May requires a DJVu or BitTorrent reader for ease of reading. Also is available on the Digital Library of India website with a choice of two pdf downloads [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/175964 Download 1], [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/209036 Download 2]. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.209036 Archive.org 2 version] "A sketch of the political activities in Turkey from 1908 to the world war, and an account of the author's experiences as a prisoner of war of Turkey. This latter part (chap. V-XI) is a revision of the author's book published in 1919 under title: ''Caught by the Turks''." [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Yeats-Brown Wikipedia]
*[https://archive.org/details/prisonerinturkey00stiluoft ''A Prisoner in Turkey''] by John Still 1920 Archive.org. Contains some comments concerning the prisoners from Kut. A book in the ''On Active Service'' Series
*[http://archive.org/stream/inmesopotamia00swayuoft#page/n5/mode/2up ''In Mesopotamia''] by Martin Swayne (real name [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_Nicoll Maurice Nicoll]), illustrated by the author. 1917 Archive.org. The author was a doctor in the British Army working in a mobile hospital.
*[https://archive.org/details/leicestershiresb00thomrich ''The Leicestershires beyond Baghdad''] by Edward J Thompson MC 1919 Archive.org. The author was an Army chaplain.
*[https://archive.org/details/baggingbaghdad00bettgoog ''The Bagging of Baghdad''] by Ernest Betts (late the Worcestershire Regiment) a book in the ''On Active Service'' Series. 1920 Archive.org
*[http://oudl.osmania.ac.in/handle/OUDL/2272 ''Mesopotamia, 1914-15 : Extracts from a Regimental Officer's Diary''] by H. Birch Reynardson 1919 may be downloaded as a pdf from OUDL - Osmania University Digital Library. Downloads from the OUDL site may only be available during Indian office hours (IST 10 am to 6 pm) (IST = GMT+5:30). This book is also available to read online on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] website, in TIFF format, or [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/156399 download as a pdf] from the DLIDigital Library of India. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.156399 Archive.org version]. It is also available to downloaded as a pdf from OUDL - Osmania University Digital Library. The author was an officer in the [[43rd Regiment of Foot|1st Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry]].
*[http://archive.org/stream/mesopotamia00palmuoft#page/n3/mode/2up ''Letters from Mesopotamia in 1915 and January, 1916''] from Robert Palmer 1916 Archive.org. He went with a draft from the 6th Hants, ([[37th Regiment of Foot|Hampshire Regiment]]) in India since November 1914, to reinforce the 4th Hants. Both these regiments were part of the Territorial Force. He was killed June 21, 1916, aged 27 years.
*[https://archive.org/details/regimentalrecord04dudl ''Regimental Records of the Royal Welch Fusiliers (23rd Foot). Volume IV 1915-1918 Turkey-Bulgaria-Austria''] by Major C H Dudley Ward 1929 Archive.org.
*[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
*[http://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc2.ark:/13960/t3319zt4k?urlappend=%3Bseq=3 ''Review of the civil administration of Mesopotamia''] by Gertrude L Bell. Issued by the India Office December 1920. Hathi Trust Digital Library
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070503162055/http://www.dean.usma.edu/history/web03/resources/resource%20pages/Mesopotamia/insurrection_mesopotamia.html ''The Insurrection in Mesopotamia 1920''] by Lieutenant General Sir Aylmer L. Haldane 1922 (links to pdf downloads) Archive.org. [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/006041251 HathiTrust Digital Library], accessible in North America and limited other areas only.
*[https://archive.org/details/mesopotamiadaily00phil ''Mesopotamia: the "Daily Mail" inquiry at Baghdad''] by Sir Percival Phillips 1922 Archive.org
*[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/466 ''The Truth About Mesopotamia Palestine and Syria''] by John de Vere Loder 1923. Link to a pdf. Digital Library of India. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.466 Archive.org version].
*[http://assyrianlevies.info/1915-1932.html ''Iraq Levies 1915-1932''] by Brigadier J Gilbert Browne CMG. CBE. DSO. 1932 . A transcription. “Assyrian RAF Levies”
*[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/175176 ''The Ins and Outs of Mesopotamia''] by Thomas Lyell 1923. Link to a pdf. Digital Library of India. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.175176 Archive.org version].
*[https://archive.org/details/Iraq ''Iraq: A Study in Political Development''] by Philp Willard Ireland 1937 Archive.org. May require a Djvu or BitTorrent plugin for ease of reading. Also available to read online on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] website, (two different files), in a TIFF format, and also available as a [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/55027 pdf on the DLIPdf download, Digital Library of India]. , [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.55027 Archive.org/DLI version]. [https://archive.org/details/Iraq Additional file Archive.org] - may require a Djvu or BitTorrent plugin for ease of reading. Includes chapters on the war period, in addition to the post war years.
*[https://archive.org/stream/memoirsofsirrona001290mbp#page/n251/mode/2up Page 219] ''The Memoirs Of Sir Ronald Storrs'' 1937 Archive.org. The author, working for the Foreign Office in Egypt, was appointed Political Officer in Mesopotamia in 1917 to represent the Egyptian Expeditionary Force in Mesopotamia.
*''Field Notes Mesopotamia'' by General Staff India 1915 (Poor quality print) 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/2015/108689 pdf from DLI] [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.108689 Archive.org version]
