Assertion: caliph's army | /r/HasProperty | dependent on race
Facets:
value: thereafter
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: But the historians of the era date the beginning of the dynasty’s decline from the accession of the first Circassian sultan (Barqūq) in 1382, claiming that thereafter, advancement in the state and the army was dependent on race (i.e., Circassian descent) rather than on proved skill in the art of war, which had served as the chief criterion for promotion during the Turkish period.