 In his reply Hussein did not mention the Caliphate but said that he could not immediately break with the Turks because of his position in Islam.On 11 November 1914 the Turks declared a "jihad" against the "Entente" (Allies of World War I) and urged the Arab leader Husayn bin Ali, Sharif of Mecca, to support the call and to contribute troops to their forces.According to Schneer, in January 1915, Hussein was approached by Fauzi al-Bakri (brother of Nasib al-Bakri, both members of Al-Fatat and whose father was an old friend of Hussein) with the aim of persuading the Sharif to become leader of a revolt against the Ottomans.