His kingmakers consisted of eight emirs, chief among whom were emirs Yalbugha and Taybugha al-Tawil. Ratan Chand, Raja Ratan Chand was the real brain behind the team of the Kingmakers. Critics called the book a conspiracy theory about "secret kingmakers" controlling the Republican Party. They were kingmakers in Arakan until the Burmese conquest. He chairs the committee of Kingmakers. The family moved to Jansath in Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh after the demise of the kingmakers. The Portuguese soon began to act as kingmakers in Ternate. All eleven kingmakers cast their votes in favor of Lamido. The people and royal kingmakers preferred their late king's son as the next to rule. According to history, the kingmakers were divided over who should succeed the king. Two of them, the Oluwo and the Lisa, also participate as Kingmakers. The field commanders, however, remained the kingmakers. Kingmakers may use political, monetary, religious, and military means to influence the succession.