A guurti of 40 leading elders from the Habr Yunis subclans would come to make this decision on the successor.[41] Sultans would receive a yearly tribute or saado of livestock imposed on the rest of the Habr Yunis.[42][43] Sultan Osman Ali states that the Sultan distributed the livestock amongst the Habr Yunis to the less fortunate and needy as a form of welfare.[44]