Assertion: caliph's authority | /r/CapableOf | devolve to local authorities
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text: Earlier I said the caliphate had regional rulers and armies because it was common for authority to devolve to local authorities when the power of central authority weakens.
text: Throughout pre-modern and feudal history there have been empires where authority devolved to the local authorities as the power of the central imperial authority weakened.