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It is largely agreed that the call to Jihad in 1914 in Istanbul did not lead to any sort of widespread response across the Arab world, or more importantly, within the domains of the British and French colonies, and while it did perhaps lead to more motivation on the part of the Ottoman Army's Muslim soldiers, ultimately the jihad was not really received with much enthusiasm.

Is there any way that this could have been changed? POD doesn't have any time limit, but I guess the association of the Ottoman Caliph as a religious authority seemed kind of empty by 1914, and any ways that fact could have changed would be interesting.

And if the call to Jihad is received with more enthusiasm, what effects would this potentially have on the Ottoman theatres of war?
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