the saljuq state, prior to the rise of the ottoman state in the 14th century, utilized ziamets in an effort to implement provincial governors, who were also made subordinate chiefs in the military regime. in this pre-ottoman period, timars were used with other tactics, such as building caravansaries, in an effort to sedentarize nomadic groups. the ottoman state later took on this "timar system" after conquering anatolia, and it represented just one of several institutions apparent in the ottoman empire derived from the saljuq state.