Germany and the Turks both saw in the Senussi the possibility of opening a second front against the British which would make it quite impossible for them to defeat the Turks in Damascus and Palestine.

• 随后在一战中，与土耳其人联手的德国人看到了塞努西教团有在英国人背后开辟一条反英第二战场的可能性，从而可以拉在大马士革与巴勒斯坦地位岌岌可危的土耳其一把。