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=====Official histories, despatches, reports etc=====
*Official Despatches from ''The London Gazette'' and details of some Official Documents digitised by the British Library, and other digitised material, are linked from [http://warletters.net/battles/mesopotamia/ Mesopotamia In The First World War] warletters.net. For despatches from ''The London Gazette'' from 1919, see further below.
*''History Of The Great War: The Campaign In Mesopotamia 1914-1918 Volumes I-IV'' by F J Moberly. 1923-1927.
:The titles are ''Volume I: To October 1915 : Outbreak of Hostilities, Campaign in Lower Mesopotamia'', published 1923; ''Volume II: To April 1916: The Attempt on Baghdad, the Battle of Ctesiphon, the Siege and the Fall of Kut-al-Amara'', published 1924; ''Volume III: To April 1917: The Capture and Consolidation of Baghdad'', published 1926; ''Volume IV: The Campaign in Upper Mesopotamia to the Armistice'', published 1927.
*''A Handbook of Mesopotamia'' by Admiralty War Staff Intelligence Division. 1916-1917. In four volumes, (plus a supplementary volume), the first contains matters of a general nature, the other volumes contain a description of the river and land routes, with a map, and a “Gazetteer of Towns”. See [[Iraq#Historical books online| Iraq - Historical books online]]. Includes a [http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-233516266/view Map of City of Baghdad] nla.gov.au.
*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.206598/page/n777 "Australians in Mesopotamia"] Appendix No.5 ''The Australian Imperial Force In France During the Main German Offensive. Official History of Australia in the War of 1914–1918, Volume V'' by C W Bean, pages 703-784. 1937 Archive.org.
* Turkish Official Histories [https://www.msb.gov.tr/ArsivAskeriTarih/icerik/birinci-dunya-harbi-serisi Birinci Dünya Harbi Serisi / World War I Series] from Ministry of National Defence, Republic of Turkey. Includes maps. Includes Item 20 ''Birinci Dünya Harbinde Türk Harbi, Irak-İran Cephesi (1914-1918) III Cilt'' and Item 6 ''Birinci Dünya Harbi’nde Türk Harbi İran - Irak Cephesi 1914 - 1918, C 3, Ks. 2''. Using [https://translate.google.com.au/#view=home&op=translate&sl=tr&tl=en Google Translate] Item 20 ''Turkish War in the First World War, Iraqi-Iran Front (1914-1918) III Volume'' and Item 6 ''Turkish War in the First World War Iran - Iraq Front 1914 - 1918, C 3, Ks. 2nd''. There is also item 15 ''Birinci Dünya Harbi, Türk Hava Harekatı C.9'' ''Air Operations'', and item 16 ''Birinci Dünya Harbinde Türk Harbi, Deniz Harekâtı C.8'' ''Naval Operations''. Histories are in the Turkish language.
=====General histories etc=====
*[https://archive.org/details/bastardwarmeso00bark/page/n3/mode/2up ''The Bastard War: the Mesopotamian Campaign of 1914-1918''] by A. J Barker (Lieut.-Colonel Arthur James Barker) 1967. UK title ''The Neglected War: Mesopotamia, 1914-1918''. Reprinted in 2009 with the title ''The First Iraq War: 1914-1918''. "The best overall account of the Mesopotamian Campaign" (a 2003 opinion).<ref>
:[http://hdl.handle.net/11343/24628 "Inland Waterways and Docks, Royal Engineers in War Time, with special reference to the mystery port of Richborough (Lecture & Discussion)"] by Captain A E Battle, RE ''Proceedings of the Victorian Institute of Engineers'' 1923-1924, pages 104-116. Includes Inland Water Transport in Mesopotamia, and brief mention of other theatres of war. Melbourne University Digital Collection.
*''With Horse and Morse in Mesopotamia: The Story of Anzacs in Asia'' edited by Keast Burke 1927. Includes Pack Wireless Signal Troops from Australia and New Zealand. NZsappers.org.nz has two digital files/series, the first contains some digital pages which are of very poor quality. The second series of files from nzsappers.org.nz [https://www.nzsappers.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Pages-1-70.pdf Pages 1-70], [https://www.nzsappers.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Pages-71-132.pdf pages 71-132]; [https://www.nzsappers.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Pages-133-206.pdf pages 133-206] .
*[https://archive.org/details/waringardenofede00roosuoft ''War in the Garden of Eden''] by Kermit Roosevelt, Captain, Motor Machine Gun Corps 1919 Archive.org. The author was an American, the son of (pre WW1) US President Theodore Roosevelt, who was appointed an honorary Captain in the British Army in August 1917. Page 66 indicates the author was in the 14th Battery, Light-armoured motor-cars (14th L. A. M. B.). The fighting cars were Rolls-Royce.
*''The Post Office of India in the Great War'' edited by H.A. Sams 1922 Archive.org [http://archive.org/stream/cu31924012679548#page/n129/mode/2up "Mesopotamia"] commences page 111.
 
=====Regimental histories and accounts=====
*For Indian Army regimental histories, see [[Corps of Guides, Punjab Frontier Force‎|The Guides, (Cavalry and Infantry)]]; [[7th (Duke of Connaught's Own) Rajput Regiment of Bengal Infantry|7th (Duke of Connaught's Own) Rajput Infantry]]; [[41st Regiment of Dogra Infantry‎|41st Dogras]]; [[104th Wellesley’s Rifles]]; [[105th Mahratta Light Infantry]]; [[2nd Gurkha Rifles|2nd King Edward's Own Goorkha Rifles (The Sirmoor Rifles)]]; [[2nd Bombay Pioneers]]; [[Bengal Sappers and Miners|Bengal]], [[Madras Sappers and Miners|Madras]], [[Bombay Sappers and Miners]] for years to 1922;
*[https://archive.org/details/incloudsabovebag00tennrich ''In the Clouds above Baghdad, being the Records of an Air Commander''] by Lt-Col J E Tennant 1920 Archive.org
*''History of No.30 Squadron RAF. Egypt and Mesopotamia 1914 to 1919'' [catalogued] by Major J.Everidge, R.A.F. is available as a reprint<ref>[https://www.naval-military-press.com/product/history-of-no-30-squadron-raf-egypt-and-mesopotamia-1914-to-1919/ ''History of No.30 Squadron RAF. Egypt and Mesopotamia 1914 to 1919''] Naval & Military Press.</ref> of an original Air Ministry Historical Branch typed document, probably first published as a reprint c 2004, which in turn is available as an online book on the [https://www.fold3.com/browse/310/hTGb85NZ8RjXJU2phiOmLuyYn Ancestry owned pay website fold3.com] located in Military Books-located by the Search/Egypt.
=====From 1919=====
*Official Despatches
:For earlier Despatches, refer the website Mesopotamia In The First World War, warletters.net, above in this section.
:[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/31287/supplement/4739 Despatch by Lieut-General Sir W R Marshall] on the operations of the Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force from 1st October 1918 to 31st December 1918, dated 1st February 1919. Mesopotamia and NW Persia (page 4743) ''The London Gazette'' 8 April 1919 Supplement: 31287 Page: 4739
:[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/31813/supplement/2877 Despatch from Major General Sir George F MacMunn], officiating Commander-In Chief, Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force, describing events since 1st January 1919, including North Persia, and Southern and Cental Kurdistan, for various operations between March and September 1919. ''The London Gazette'' 5 March 1920 Supplement: 31813 Page: 2877. The actual pages are dated 8 March 1920.
:[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/32379/page/5321 Four Despatches from the Commander-In Chief, Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force]: Despatch No 1, dated 17th January 1920 from MacMunn, covering the period November 1919 to 17th January 1920. Despatches from Lieutenant-General Haldane, covering the periods: 18th January 1920 to 30th June 1920 in Mesopotamia and NW Persia. [Despatch No 2 dated 23rd August 1920. Page 5323]; 1st July 1820 to 19th October 1920 [Despatch No 3 dated 8th November 1920, page 5329] Despatch No 4, dated 8th February 1921 (page 5347) ''The London Gazette'' 1 July 1921 Issue: 32379 Page:5321.
*[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. HathiTrust Digital Library. Also available [https://archive.org/details/reviewofciviladm00iraqrich/page/n2 Archive.org].
:''The Letters of Gertrude Bell'' published 1927. Archive.org, Digital Library of India Collection.[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.209780 ''Volume I''], [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.70327 ''Volume II'']. Mainly letters sent to her family. ''Volume II'' is in respect of her time in Baghdad 1917-1926.
:*[http://gertrudebell.ncl.ac.uk Gertrude Bell Archives] Newcastle University, UK. Includes transcribed letters and diaries.
*[https://archive.org/details/twoyearsinkurdis00hayw/page/n9 ''Two Years in Kurdistan : Experiences of a Political Officer, 1918-1920''] by W R Hay, Captain, attached 24th Punjabis, Political Dept, Government of India. 1921 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.43529/page/n5/mode/2up ''Alarms and Excursions in Arabia''] by Bertram Thomas 1931 Archive.org. Includes "Adventure 1: A Punative Expedition against Marsh Arabs" [1918] and "Adventure II: As a District Officer in the Mesopotamian Insurrection of 1920".
*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.77401/page/n5/mode/2up ''Shifting Sands''] by Major N N E Bray (Norman Napier Evelyn) 1934 Archive.org. He was originally with the 18th Bengal Lancers.<ref>[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=WXFGDwAAQBAJ&lpg=PA23&ots=oMqUy46uiO&dq=Norman%20Napier%20Evelyn%20Bray&pg=PA23 Page 23] ''Behind the Lawrence Legend: The Forgotten Few Who Shaped the Arab Revolt'' by Philip Walker 2018 Google Books.</ref> Initially during WW1 Bray was working under Sir Mark Sykes, and for the Arab Bureau. C October 1917 he returned to France and his regiment. Subsequently he became the Hakim (Governor) of Kerbela, as a part of the British Administration of A. T Wilson in Mesopotamia.
:[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.526657/page/n7/mode/2up ''A Paladin Of Arabia: The Biography of Brevet Lieut.-Colonel G E Leachman… of the Royal Sussex Regiment''] by Major N N E Bray 1936 Archive.org. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerard_Leachman Gerard Leachman] Wikipedia. He was murdered 12 August 1920. A later biography is ''Leachman : 'OC Desert' : the life of Lieutenant-Colonel Gerard Leachman D.S.O.'' by H.V.F. Winstone, 1982. Available at the British Library UIN: BLL01011983983 .
*[https://archive.org/details/32882019307837-theinsurrection ''The Insurrection in Mesopotamia 1920''] by Lieutenant General Sir Aylmer L. Haldane 1922. Archive.org. Missing title page noted, and see "Reviews" underneath the book file for other missing pages. [https://web.archive.org/web/20070503162055/http://www.dean.usma.edu/history/web03/resources/resource%20pages/Mesopotamia/insurrection_mesopotamia.html Another version on Archive.org] (links to a series of pdfs, most of which contain the text ”on its side”, so may be difficult to read on a fixed computer screen.) [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/006041251 HathiTrust Digital Library], accessible in North America and limited other areas only.
*[https://archive.org/details/WarInTheDesertJohnBagotGlubb/mode/2up ''War In The Desert: An R. A. F. Frontier Campaign''] by John Bagot Glubb 1960. Archive.org Mainly about Iraq in the 1920s.
:[https://archive.org/details/arabianadventure0000glub ''Arabian Adventures : Ten years of joyful service''] by John Glubb (Sir John Bagot Glubb) 1978. The period from 1920, when he was posted as a member of the Royal Engineers. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Bagot_Glubb John Bagot Glubb] Wikipedia.
*[https://archive.org/details/kurds-turks-and-arabs-politics-travel-and-research-in-north-eastern-iraq-1919-1925/page/n1/mode/2up ''Kurds Turks and Arabs: Politics, Travel and Research in North-Eastern Iraq 1919-1925''] by C J Edmonds (Cecil John) 1957 Archive.org. Note, text is presented “on its side”, so viewing may be difficult on a fixed screen. C J Edmonds was also the author of ''East and West of Zagros: Travel, War and Politics in Persia and Iraq, 1913-1921'' edited, and with an introduction by Yann Richard 2010. Available at the British Library UIN: BLL01015362692 . [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=YhewCQAAQBAJ&pg=PR3 Sample pages, Google Books]. [https://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/edmonds-c-j Edmonds, C. J] iranicaonline.org
*[https://archive.org/details/the-kurds-and-kurdistan/page/34/mode/1up "Chapter V Iraq between the Wars"] page 35, ''The Kurds And Kurdistan'' by Derk Kinnane 1964 Archive.org
=====Fiction=====
**[https://archive.org/details/cu31924013590975 ''On the Road to Bagdad; a Story of Townshend's Gallant Advance on the Tigris''] by Lieut-Col Brereton 1917. Archive.org. An adventure story.
**[http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/38714 ''Carry On! A Story of the Fight for Bagdad''] by Herbert Strang 1917 gutenberg.org. An adventure story for younger readers.
**[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.72840/page/n3 ''These Men, Thy Friends''] by Edward Thompson 2nd edition 1929 Archive.org. He was an Army Chaplain with the 2nd Leicesters, see his account above, and also wrote fictional works with a war background in Palestine.<ref name=TDJ/>
**[https://archive.org/details/legionofmarching00blaciala/page/n7 ''The Legion of Marching Madmen''] by W J Blackledge c 1936 Archive.org. This book is considered to be fiction, although classified by some as a personal narrative, as discussed in a ''Great War Forum'' topic.<ref> Maureene. [https://www.greatwarforum.org/topic/270727-fictionfactionfact-the-legion-of-marching-madmen-w-j-blackledge-online/ Fiction/faction/fact? The Legion of Marching Madmen/ W J Blackledge: Online] ''Great War Forum'' 15 March 2019. Retrieved 17 March 2019.</ref>
 
=====Unclassified=====
*[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 ''Serbia To Kut'' by Joseph T Parfit 1917 [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.143207 Archive.org version], mirror from Digital Library of India. 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/warbagdadrailway00jast ''The War and the Bagdad Railway; the story of Asia Minor and its relation to the present conflict''] by Morris Jastrow 1917 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/stream/cradleofwar00wood#page/n327/mode/2up "The Baghdad Railway and the War"] with [https://archive.org/stream/cradleofwar00wood#page/n326/mode/1up Map] page 271 ''The Cradle of the War: The Near East and Pan-Germanism'' by Henry Charles Woods 1918 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/WarInTheDesertJohnBagotGlubb/mode/2up ''War In The Desert: An R. A. F. Frontier Campaign''] by John Bagot Glubb 1960. Archive.org Mainly about Iraq in the 1920s.
:[https://archive.org/details/arabianadventure0000glub ''Arabian Adventures : Ten years of joyful service''] by John Glubb (Sir John Bagot Glubb) 1978. The period from 1920, when he was posted as a member of the Royal Engineers. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Bagot_Glubb John Bagot Glubb] Wikipedia.
*[https://archive.org/details/waringardenofede00roosuoft ''War in the Garden of Eden''] by Kermit Roosevelt, Captain, Motor Machine Gun Corps 1919 Archive.org. The author was an American, the son of (pre WW1) US President Theodore Roosevelt, who was appointed an honorary Captain in the British Army in August 1917. Page 66 indicates the author was in the 14th Battery, Light-armoured motor-cars (14th L. A. M. B.). The fighting cars were Rolls-Royce.
*[http://hdl.handle.net/2027/loc.ark:/13960/t9c54969p?urlappend=%3Bseq=3 ''The Liberator of Mesopotamia''] [Lieut.-General Sir Stanley Maude] by Basil Mathews 1918 HathiTrust Digital Library
*Official Despatches from ''The London Gazette'' and details of some Official Documents digitised by the British Library, and other digitised material, are linked from [http://warletters.net/battles/mesopotamia/ Mesopotamia In The First World War] warletters.net. For despatches from ''The London Gazette'' from 1919, see further below.
*Records from National Archives of India. Mainly day to day short [https://archive.org/details/reports-by-the-general-officer-commanding/mode/1up ''Reports by The General Officer Commanding, Force “ D”, on the Military Situation In Mesopotamia''] late Dec 1915-Jan 1916. Document title "Govt of India Foreign and Political Dept. Secret-War. Proceedings February 1916, Nos 426-467". Archive.org
*[http://www.qdl.qa/en/ Qatar Digital Library] Digitisation of content from the British Library’s India Office Records Collection. When looking at a book file, to select a particular page, click on “View all items”. Downloads also available.
**IOR/L/PS/11/121 [http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=IOR/L/PS/11/121 1917 Political and Secret Annual Files] which includes “Indian Journalists Tour of Mesopotamia” Newspaper articles written in Indian newspapers June 1917
**IOR/L/PS/11/129 [http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Ior/l/ps/11/129 1917 Political and Secret Annual Files] includes P 4640/1917 The Turkish campaigns in Mesopotamia, Palestine and Hedjaz; P 4700/1917 The War: arrest in Persia of certain Indian Army deserters, case of one Abdul Manun; P 4973/1917 The War: military situation in Turkey
*Official Despatches
:For earlier Despatches, refer the website Mesopotamia In The First World War, warletters.net, above in this section.
:[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/31287/supplement/4739 Despatch by Lieut-General Sir W R Marshall] on the operations of the Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force from 1st October 1918 to 31st December 1918, dated 1st February 1919. Mesopotamia and NW Persia (page 4743) ''The London Gazette'' 8 April 1919 Supplement: 31287 Page: 4739
:[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/31813/supplement/2877 Despatch from Major General Sir George F MacMunn], officiating Commander-In Chief, Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force, describing events since 1st January 1919, including North Persia, and Southern and Cental Kurdistan, for various operations between March and September 1919. ''The London Gazette'' 5 March 1920 Supplement: 31813 Page: 2877. The actual pages are dated 8 March 1920.
:[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/32379/page/5321 Four Despatches from the Commander-In Chief, Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force]: Despatch No 1, dated 17th January 1920 from MacMunn, covering the period November 1919 to 17th January 1920. Despatches from Lieutenant-General Haldane, covering the periods: 18th January 1920 to 30th June 1920 in Mesopotamia and NW Persia. [Despatch No 2 dated 23rd August 1920. Page 5323]; 1st July 1820 to 19th October 1920 [Despatch No 3 dated 8th November 1920, page 5329] Despatch No 4, dated 8th February 1921 (page 5347) ''The London Gazette'' 1 July 1921 Issue: 32379 Page:5321.
*[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. HathiTrust Digital Library. Also available [https://archive.org/details/reviewofciviladm00iraqrich/page/n2 Archive.org].
:''The Letters of Gertrude Bell'' published 1927. Archive.org, Digital Library of India Collection.[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.209780 ''Volume I''], [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.70327 ''Volume II'']. Mainly letters sent to her family. ''Volume II'' is in respect of her time in Baghdad 1917-1926.
:*[http://gertrudebell.ncl.ac.uk Gertrude Bell Archives] Newcastle University, UK. Includes transcribed letters and diaries.
*[https://archive.org/details/twoyearsinkurdis00hayw/page/n9 ''Two Years in Kurdistan : Experiences of a Political Officer, 1918-1920''] by W R Hay, Captain, attached 24th Punjabis, Political Dept, Government of India. 1921 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.43529/page/n5/mode/2up ''Alarms and Excursions in Arabia''] by Bertram Thomas 1931 Archive.org. Includes "Adventure 1: A Punative Expedition against Marsh Arabs" [1918] and "Adventure II: As a District Officer in the Mesopotamian Insurrection of 1920".
*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.77401/page/n5/mode/2up ''Shifting Sands''] by Major N N E Bray (Norman Napier Evelyn) 1934 Archive.org. He was originally with the 18th Bengal Lancers.<ref>[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=WXFGDwAAQBAJ&lpg=PA23&ots=oMqUy46uiO&dq=Norman%20Napier%20Evelyn%20Bray&pg=PA23 Page 23] ''Behind the Lawrence Legend: The Forgotten Few Who Shaped the Arab Revolt'' by Philip Walker 2018 Google Books.</ref> Initially during WW1 Bray was working under Sir Mark Sykes, and for the Arab Bureau. C October 1917 he returned to France and his regiment. Subsequently he became the Hakim (Governor) of Kerbela, as a part of the British Administration of A. T Wilson in Mesopotamia.
:[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.526657/page/n7/mode/2up ''A Paladin Of Arabia: The Biography of Brevet Lieut.-Colonel G E Leachman… of the Royal Sussex Regiment''] by Major N N E Bray 1936 Archive.org. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerard_Leachman Gerard Leachman] Wikipedia. He was murdered 12 August 1920. A later biography is ''Leachman : 'OC Desert' : the life of Lieutenant-Colonel Gerard Leachman D.S.O.'' by H.V.F. Winstone, 1982. Available at the British Library UIN: BLL01011983983 .
*[https://archive.org/details/32882019307837-theinsurrection ''The Insurrection in Mesopotamia 1920''] by Lieutenant General Sir Aylmer L. Haldane 1922. Archive.org. Missing title page noted, and see "Reviews" underneath the book file for other missing pages. [https://web.archive.org/web/20070503162055/http://www.dean.usma.edu/history/web03/resources/resource%20pages/Mesopotamia/insurrection_mesopotamia.html Another version on Archive.org] (links to a series of pdfs, most of which contain the text ”on its side”, so may be difficult to read on a fixed computer screen.) [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
* ''The Truth About Mesopotamia Palestine and Syria'' by John de Vere Loder 1923. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.466 Archive.org version], mirror from Digital Library of India.
*''Iraq: A Study in Political Development'' by Philp Willard Ireland 1937. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.55027 Archive.org version], mirror from Digital Library of India. [https://archive.org/details/Iraq Additional file Archive.org]. 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.
*[https://archive.org/details/kurds-turks-and-arabs-politics-travel-and-research-in-north-eastern-iraq-1919-1925/page/n1/mode/2up ''Kurds Turks and Arabs: Politics, Travel and Research in North-Eastern Iraq 1919-1925''] by C J Edmonds (Cecil John) 1957 Archive.org. Note, text is presented “on its side”, so viewing may be difficult on a fixed screen. C J Edmonds was also the author of ''East and West of Zagros: Travel, War and Politics in Persia and Iraq, 1913-1921'' edited, and with an introduction by Yann Richard 2010. Available at the British Library UIN: BLL01015362692 . [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=YhewCQAAQBAJ&pg=PR3 Sample pages, Google Books]. [https://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/edmonds-c-j Edmonds, C. J] iranicaonline.org
*[https://archive.org/details/the-kurds-and-kurdistan/page/34/mode/1up "Chapter V Iraq between the Wars"] page 35, ''The Kurds And Kurdistan'' by Derk Kinnane 1964 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/arabbureaubritis0000west ''The Arab Bureau : British policy in the Middle East, 1916-1920''] by Bruce Westrate 1992. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.
*''A History of Iraq'' by Charles Tripp. [https://archive.org/details/historyofiraq00char 1st edition, 2000]; [https://archive.org/details/historyofiraq0000trip 3rd edition 2007], (2nd edition 2002), [https://archive.org/details/historyofiraq00trip 2nd file 2007] Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.
*[https://archive.org/details/spiesinarabiathegreatwarandtheculturalfoundationsofbritainscovertempireinthemiddleeastbypriyasatia/mode/2up ''Spies in Arabia: The Great War and the Cultural Foundations of Britain's Covert Empire in the Middle East''] by Priya Satia 2008. Archive.org.
*''Field Notes Mesopotamia'' by General Staff India 1915 (Poor quality print) [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.108689 Archive.org version], mirror from Digital Library of India.
* Turkish Official Histories [https://www.msb.gov.tr/ArsivAskeriTarih/icerik/birinci-dunya-harbi-serisi Birinci Dünya Harbi Serisi / World War I Series] from Ministry of National Defence, Republic of Turkey. Includes maps. Includes Item 20 ''Birinci Dünya Harbinde Türk Harbi, Irak-İran Cephesi (1914-1918) III Cilt'' and Item 6 ''Birinci Dünya Harbi’nde Türk Harbi İran - Irak Cephesi 1914 - 1918, C 3, Ks. 2''. Using [https://translate.google.com.au/#view=home&op=translate&sl=tr&tl=en Google Translate] Item 20 ''Turkish War in the First World War, Iraqi-Iran Front (1914-1918) III Volume'' and Item 6 ''Turkish War in the First World War Iran - Iraq Front 1914 - 1918, C 3, Ks. 2nd''. There is also item 15 ''Birinci Dünya Harbi, Türk Hava Harekatı C.9'' ''Air Operations'', and item 16 ''Birinci Dünya Harbinde Türk Harbi, Deniz Harekâtı C.8'' ''Naval Operations''. Histories are in the Turkish language.
* ''When’s When In Mesopotamia'' by General Staff, Mes. Ex. Force Printed at the Government Press Baghdad 1919. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.284792 Archive.org version], mirror from Digital Library of India. Conversion tables showing the European style dates from August 1914 to December 1919 and the equivalent dates under various other systems: Arabic - Old Style - Turkish Official - Jewish - Persian Zodiacal. Also details of Arabic time, where the day commences at sunset.
* ''The Spoken Arabic of Mesopotamia'' by John Van Ess, first published 1917. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.284503 Archive.org], mirror from Digital Library of India.
* ''Sainyaan'tiila Aat'havand-ii'' by Limaye Go Gan' published 1939. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.366403 Archive.org version], mirror from Digital Library of India. ''Sainyatil Athavani'', or ''War Memoirs'' of Captain Gopal Gangadhar Limaye. Marathi language with an English Introduction. The author was in the Indian Medical Service IMS, 1918-1921. As part of the 87th Punjabis, he saw action in Mesopotamia and was involved in operations against the Kurdistanis in 1919 and in quelling the Arab Rebellion in 1920.
*Also see [[Norperforce]], for books relating to actions in Persia and Transcaucasia, under control of the Army in Mesopotamia.
*'''Fiction'''
**[https://archive.org/details/cu31924013590975 ''On the Poad to Bagdad; a Story of Townshend's Gallant Advance on the Tigris''] by Lieut-Col Brereton 1917. Archive.org. An adventure story.
**[http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/38714 ''Carry On! A Story of the Fight for Bagdad''] by Herbert Strang 1917 gutenberg.org. An adventure story for younger readers.
**[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.72840/page/n3 ''These Men, Thy Friends''] by Edward Thompson 2nd edition 1929 Archive.org. He was an Army Chaplain with the 2nd Leicesters, see his account above, and also wrote fictional works with a war background in Palestine.<ref name=TDJ/>
**[https://archive.org/details/legionofmarching00blaciala/page/n7 ''The Legion of Marching Madmen''] by W J Blackledge c 1936 Archive.org. This book is considered to be fiction, although classified by some as a personal narrative, as discussed in a ''Great War Forum'' topic.<ref> Maureene. [https://www.greatwarforum.org/topic/270727-fictionfactionfact-the-legion-of-marching-madmen-w-j-blackledge-online/ Fiction/faction/fact? The Legion of Marching Madmen/ W J Blackledge: Online] ''Great War Forum'' 15 March 2019. Retrieved 17 March 2019.</ref>
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