Abbreviations
Periodicals
| AI | Al-ʿAalam al-Israʾiili (Beirut) |
| IM | Israel’s Messenger (Shanghai) |
| IS | Israelight (Singapore) |
| JC | The Jewish Chronicle (London) |
| JA | The Jewish Advocate (Bombay) |
| JT | The Jewish Tribune (Bombay) |
| JTA | Jewish Telegraphic Agency (New York) |
Archives
| AIU | Alliance Israélite Universelle Archives, Paris |
| AJA | Anglo-Jewish Association Archives, University of Southampton, Southampton |
| CAHJP | Central Archives for the History of the Jewish People, Jerusalem |
| CO | Colonial Office, National Archives, Kew |
| DM | ISEAS David Marshall Private Letters, Singapore National University, Singapore |
| FO | Foreign Office, National Archives, Kew |
| IJA | Iraqi Jewish Archives, Washington |
| IOR | India Office Records and Private Papers, British Library, London |
| JDC | Joint Distribution Committee Archives, New York and Jerusalem |
| JWB | Jewish Welfare Board, Singapore |
| KA | Kadoorie Family Archives, Hong Kong Heritage Project, Hong Kong |
| SA | Sassoon Family Archives, Hebrew University, Jerusalem |
Other
| EJIW | Encyclopedia of Jews in the Islamic World |
| YIVO | The YIVO Encyclopedia of Eastern European Jewry |