ملف ٧٠٥/١٩١٦ الجزء ١ "انتفاضة عربية - تقارير" [و‎‎٣‎٩‎٦] (٤٩٤/٣٣٩)

From another interview with the Idriei previoj.8 infomation
confirmed.
a mission from iiiver f&aha approached him just before the
war; Uat he had, he said, lost faith in furkieh promises. Laxly
in the war isir t Empathised with the forks as fellow M oslems
but now the aspect had changed* Turkey had lost prestige by
fitting on the side of the Germans, for the Arabs saw Germany's
desire for self ^aggrandisement.
He pointed out that, thou^i strong enough to overcome the
Beni Jarai and take Loheiya he could not face the consequent
combination of the Turks and the Imam of ietnen against him; as it
was, he was by his attitude holding up enemy forces who would
otherwise be at bahej*
In point of fact the Turks have been encouraged by the Idrisi
^drisi's enforced inactivity to detach two battalions towards