ملف ١٩١٥/٣٠٨٦، الجزء ٤ "الجزيرة العربية:"البحر الأحمر - احتلال جزر البحر الاحمر" [و‎‎٣‎٣‎٧] (٣٧٩/٢٤٢)

Statement taken in Cairo on
31st August 1915.
supplied with sufficient quantity of ammunition from the
British Government he will have to stop the operations and
this will have a fatal ef ect on all parties concerned.
Trad£Ljm3L£... to Idrisi’s mato- W h? ktitik.wsn-
All articles of trade especially flour are to be
allowed to be imported to the ports of El Idrisi without
any restrictions. Flour is necessary in El Idrisi’s
country, especially during the operations against the udts,
as the troops have no time to rrind their grains.
With the exception of the South Eastern cost of Arabia
the affairs of that country including; El Idrisi's dominions
would be more easily conducted from Bfrypt or the Sudan than
from India.
This part of Arabia is nearer to F.pypt and the Sudan than
to India. It has closer relations with, and is better known
in Epypt and the Sudan, than in India.
Although El Idrisi is ,a man of strong character and a
will of iron, I do not advise that messengers should be
allowed to reach him from the Senussi or elsewhere.
£1 idrisi received El -fokattam and El Ahram regularly
via I'aSBawa and Aden and he is greatly interested in the
news of the outside world.