Local government and the command of the feudal _Spahis_ was cared for by officials who belonged to the sultan’s great slave-family, and who brought with them to their posts a number, proportioned to their rank, of _Spahis_ of the Porte, pages, _Ajem-oghlans_, and slaves of their own. The lowest of these officers were the _Subashis_, or captains, who were in time of peace governors of towns, with enough Janissaries and _Azabs_, or irregular infantry, to police the locality.[353] Next above these were the _Alai Beys_, or colonels, who in time of peace were ready with a company of from two hundred to five hundred troops to pass from place to place as there might be need.[354] Above these again were the _Sanjak Beys_, who governed important cities and held superior rule over a number of towns and the district in which they lay.[355] Finally, in the Balkan Peninsula and in Western Asia Minor there was from of old a _Beylerbey_, who had authority over all the _Beys_ of his region. Incomes were provided by the assignment of fiefs proportioned in size to each officer’s importance.[356] All of these officers of local government had a sufficient staff of lieutenants, treasurers, book-keepers and clerks.[357] The _Beylerbey_ of Rumelia resided in time of peace at Constantinople. The _Beylerbey_ of Anatolia seems to have spent much time in his dominions,[358] though undoubtedly he was often at the capital, since he had his regular place in the Divan. In time of war this official scheme, detached from its function of local government, drew together the feudal _Spahis_, section by section, into a perfectly organized territorial army for each of the two regions. Notice of time and place was sent round, and within a month every man called had joined his proper standard.[359] After uniting with the sultan’s regular army, the army of Rumelia under its _Beylerbey_ had the right of the battle-line when fighting in Europe, and the army of Anatolia under its _Beylerbey_ had the right of the line when fighting in Asia.[360] The enrolled feudal troops of Europe numbered about fifty thousand, and those of Asia, including Anatolia, Karamania, Amasia, and Avandole, thirty thousand.[361] In each case the number should be doubled or tripled to allow for the additional horsemen which all the _Spahis_ were required to bring.[362] On the other hand, a considerable proportion of the feudal troops, sometimes estimated at one-half,[363] remained on duty at home in time of war to protect the provinces and prevent uprisings. The feudal troops, while brave, eager, and regardless of their lives, had not the physical strength nor the practice of fighting in squadrons which the regular troops had, and hence were not their equals.