Assertion: caliph | /r/CapableOf | have shunned such a self-aggrandizing title
Facets:
value: deliberately
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: In a conscious effort to confer legitimacy on themselves and to acquire a religious aura, the Umayyads chose the title khalīfat allāh, “the deputy of God,” in contradistinction to the first two caliphs in particular, who are said to have deliberately shunned such a self-aggrandizing title.