In the summer of 1915 the Ottomans persuaded the Grand Senussi Ahmed Sharif es Senussi, to raise jihad, attack British-occupied Egypt from the west and encourage insurrection in Egypt, to divert British forces from an Ottoman attack on the Suez Canal from the east.
The Ottomans persuaded the Grand Senussi Ahmed Sharif es Senussi. This was in the summer of 1915. This was to raise jihad, attack British-occupied Egypt from the west and encourage insurrection in Egypt. This was to divert British forces from an Ottoman attack on the Suez Canal from the east.