Assertion: caliph's people | /r/HasProperty | particular procedure
Facets:
value: for his election
type: PURPOSE
value: unlike the previous three caliphs
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: People pledged their allegiance with 'Ali b. Abi Talib (a) when, unlike the previous three caliphs, there was no particular procedure for his election and 'Uthman had not proposed any such procedures for the election of his successor.