Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "Amir al-hajj (Arabic: أمير الحاج; transliteration: amīr al-ḥajj, \"commander of the pilgrimage\", or amīr al-ḥājj, \"commander of the pilgrim\"; plural: umarāʾ al-ḥajj) was the position and title given to the commander of the annual Hajj pilgrim caravan by successive Muslim empires, from the 7th century until the 20th century. Since the Abbasid period, there were two main caravans, departing from Damascus and Cairo. Each of the two caravans was annually assigned an amir al-hajj. The main duties entrusted to an amir al-hajj were securing funds and provisions for the caravan, and protecting it along the desert route to the Muslim holy cities of Mecca and Medina in the Hejaz (modern-day Saudi Arabia)."@en }
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- Amir_al-hajj abstract "Amir al-hajj (Arabic: أمير الحاج; transliteration: amīr al-ḥajj, \"commander of the pilgrimage\", or amīr al-ḥājj, \"commander of the pilgrim\"; plural: umarāʾ al-ḥajj) was the position and title given to the commander of the annual Hajj pilgrim caravan by successive Muslim empires, from the 7th century until the 20th century. Since the Abbasid period, there were two main caravans, departing from Damascus and Cairo. Each of the two caravans was annually assigned an amir al-hajj. The main duties entrusted to an amir al-hajj were securing funds and provisions for the caravan, and protecting it along the desert route to the Muslim holy cities of Mecca and Medina in the Hejaz (modern-day Saudi Arabia).".