Assertion: amir al hajj | /r/CapableOf | command large military force
Facets:
value: to protect the caravan
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: An amir al-hajj would command a large military force to protect the caravan in the event of an attack by local Bedouin or would pay off the various Bedouin tribes whose territories the caravan inevitably traversed on the way to the Muslim holy cities in the Hejaz.