ملف ١٩١٥/٥٣ الجزء IV "الحرب الألمانية: تركيا؛ الخلافة إلخ" [و‎‎١‎١‎٢] (٤٨١/٢٢٠)

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No, 202,
March 2l6t., 1916,
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Your teleRran No, 173,
Messenger Crop ShereeC with instructions to take
over money has arrived at Port Sudan, He has drought
letter of which the purport has been telegraphed as
follows
Notwithstanding possible difficulty in meeting his
demands he sends messenger to take over whatever nay be
npprovodr
His eldest son left for place mentioned in prev
ious correspondence on February 23:a, no news of irv-
portanco yet received from his son Faysal in Syria ex
cept that attack on Egypt is delayed pending arrival
of German artillery*
Shereef calls attention to two points,
(1) It Faysal finds movement referred to in
previous letter difficult he is to force on a mutiny
whan he hears of Sheroef’s rising and cutting of rail
way, SherefCs) forces are to occupy railway line
strengthen his son's forces and meet any threatened
ov^nvrjf-f qepcs that wo attack if pos-
attack of enemy, Sheiefi asks wu
c»vrin at the same time,
sihle some portion ol ojrw
(B) After rising is declared it is necessary to
raise large levies (Shereef estimates that he can
ra^ise 250,000) and a considerable amount of arms and
ammunition and supplies over and above what has al-
ready