Ottoman Empire: Weakness

• Sir William Eton: A Survey of the Turkish Empire, 1799 
• Demetra Vaka: Aïshé Hanoum, c. 1888 Life of a Turkish woman.
• Colonel L. du Couret: Justice in Arabia, c. 1890 
• Julia Pardoe: The Dancing Dervishes, 1902 
• Dr. Cyrus Hamlin: Turkish Bread, 1907 
• The Young Turks: Proclamation for the Ottoman Empire, 1908
• BBC - History - The Middle East during World War One
• The Sykes-Picot Agreement, May 15 and 16, 1916