Under the rule of deys and Moorish beys, the capital sprang into new life. Local chieftains or "beys" governed Mani on behalf of the Ottomans. In Cairo itself the houses of the Mamluk beys were given over to the soldiery. Three Tatar beys of Podolia gathered an army to resist the invasion. He murdered the remaining Mamluk beys in 1811, solidifying his own control of Egypt. Alay-beys were gathered with their troops under sanjak (province) beys, and sanjak-beys gathered under beylerbeys. The Ottoman government often appointed local Chepni and Laz beys as the regional beylerbey. The main palace beys are those of La Marsa, Bardo and Ksar Said. He therefore abandoned his troops and went over to the camp of the Mamluk beys. Only some Albanian beys of Margariti were willing to accept a Greek rule. Still others, including many beys and clan chiefs, recognized no superior authority. Simplified genealogical tree of the Beys of Tunis. The league was established at the meeting of 47 Ottoman beys. Only the Beys and their direct ancestors are shown. As a result, it became the resort of pirates under local beys.