The landowners had always held the principal ruling posts in the country's central and southern regions, but many of them were steeped in the same conservatism that brought decay to the Ottoman Empire.
Maaomanikud omasid alati peamisi valitsevaid ametikohti riigi kesk- ja lõunapiirkondades, kuid paljud neist olid läbi imbunud samast konservatiivsusest, mis lagundas Osmanite riigi.