The members of the dynasty that were entitled with the domination of some region in the state were called as melik (governor, prince) in Islamic-Turkish states. These members would have a governmental organisation that resembled to the organisation in the capital city of the empire, in other worlds, they would have separate viziers, tutors, and separate military forces. They would deliver prayers in the name of the caliph, sultan and their names, and they would blow the trumpets in their name and they would also mint money providing the proper permission. However, they would recognise the high domination that was represented by the sultan in the capital city the would manage their wars on their own account and perform their political contacts within the framework of the main policy that was arranged by the empire. Those who acted in contradiction would be subject to prosecution. When the melik rulers changed or a narrowing or an expansion was observed in their regions, the firmans that regulated their duties, authorities and operational fields would be renewed by the sultan.
The institution for the crown prince was maintained since the period of Steppe organisations (inherited from father to son or to the brother if the son was at a very young age of childhood). However, the members of the dynasty had tried to come to power of high domination with the thought that the gift of kut that was inherited from the family was present in them. As a result of these struggles that caused disquiet, they would gather around the member who actually established his dominion in the throne with the belief that he was equipped with the gift of kut. Therefore, those who resisted against the established order would be considered as renegades and they would be disciplined.
Therefore, the mechanism of the struggles for the throne that were frequently observed in Kara-Hanli State, Seljuk State and Harezmshah State should not be misunderstood. The members of the dynasty that governed several regions when the state order was established should be considered as the melik governors subject to the high authority that undertook a joint responsibility in the administration of the empire and the conquests. As a matter of fact, the sovereignty was not damaged and the integrity of the state was not dissolved within the empire until the death of Sultan Melikshah (1092) and the interregnum period that caused a vacancy in the government. Even after one generation, the Great Sultan Sencer had considered that the government of the Anatolian Seljuk State was subject to him legally. Besides, Anatolia was not divided into 11 countries although Anatolian Seljuk Sultan Kilic Arslan II had divided his country among his 11 sons in the years of 1185.
However, just like in the Steppe provinces, there was a disintegration that was observed when the central government could not be established or the state lost its independence. The 4 Seljuk States and the Eastern Anatolian Turkmen Principalities were established due to the decline and collapse of the central government. The following Anatolian Principalities were founded upon the invasion and domination of Mongolians in the Anatolian Seljuk State. These principalities were developed by the vanguard Turkmens that did not yield to recognise these invaders for a long time, just like the Khazar, Oguz, Karlık, and Turgis people that had tried to establish their own states within Gok-Turk State that got under the domination of China in the year of 630, etc.
However, the situation seems much different in India and Egypt. Several dynasties had come to power successively in Delhi sultanate and some talented characters had been promoted to the sultanate upon the approvement of the army in the State of Egypt. The permanent dynasty could only be established after the period of Kalavun. These probably could be explained the emergence of new forces as a result of the alimentation with the forces that continuously came from the steppe lands of Turkestan for the former state and from the steppe lands of Kipchak region for the latter state. As a matter of fact, Tolunlu and Akşidli (Ihsidi) States could not prevail for a long time since they were deprived of such support of reserve forces. However, very crowded Turkmen groups (those who went to Anatolia were about 550-600 thousands of people) had immigrated to the west in the first periods of the Seljuk State. These migrations had provided the stability of the Turkish state in this region and it enabled that Anatolia could become Turkish region with a great pace. The domination in the Delhi sultanate was captured by foreign dynasties due to the barricade that the dominion of Tamburlaine had established in the Central Asia. In Egypt, the number of the Circassians gradually increased against the minority of the Turkish groups. Therefore, the Circassian Mamelukes had established domination in Egypt.