Assertion: empire's effort | /r/CapableOf | confer legitimacy
Facets:
value: on themselves
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
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.