The general governors of the provinces of Kuban, Bucak and Yedisani, actually the commanders of Nogay people in this region were elected among the sultans and they would bear the title of ser-asker (chief commander) sultan. They would also have separate palaces and divans. The position of Or Bey would be generally entitled to Şırın Beys and their ranks of position followed the chief commander sultans.
The state affairs were managed by a divan that was chaired by the khan in person and their members were as follows: Kalgay, nûreddin, the chief commanders of Bucak, Yedisan, Kuban (if they were in Bahçesaray), Şırın bey, deputy, ulug-aga (vizier), chief military judge, chief registrar of treasury, head of finance, aktaçı-bey, chief of larder, effendi of divan, regent of chief military judge, Muslim judge of Bahçesaray and Feudal Lord of Servants.
Chief-Janitor and the Provincial governor's agent were not included within the divan like in the system of the Ottoman State and they were charged with the ceremony affairs. The important state affairs were resolved in an assembly with the participation of kalgay, nureddin, three chief commanders, vizier, chief military judge and karachi beys that gathered in an extraordinary manner under the chairmanship of the khan. In these meetings, the vote of te karachi beys had a final characteristic in relation with the vital issues such as the states of war and peace. If Şırın Bey considered it necessary, he would gather this extraordinary assembly on his own discretion in his capacity as the chief of princes. This right was generally executed in case of a conflict with the khan and the meeting was carried out in the famous site of Kayalar-Alti. An agreement was required between the khan and the karachi beys as well as between the khan and the Istanbul government in order to provide the execution of the works and the establishment of the authority of the khan.
The stability of the peace and balance in the khanate and the application of a harmonised policy were based on the actual continuation of the agreement between Şırın Bey and the grand vizier of the ruler. The support of the Ruler for the khan had a vital importance since this support prevented the struggles of the sultans and tribes and barred the intervention of Moscow that tried to benefit from the internal competitions. It is beyond doubt that the maintenance of the existence of the khanate for two and a half centuries relied on this support even after the loss of Kazan and Astrahan. However, the Ottomans had excessively tried to get use of the Crimean forces in the fronts of the war in the Central Europe and Iran and they intended to eradicate the domination of the tribal aristocracy and to separate the Nogay people. All these attempts gave rise to the movements for resistance and these movements attenuated the khanate.
The vizier of the khan that was described as chief agent by Baron de Tott, or the ulug-aga that was a title used in the past was one of the servants of the khan by nature of origin. The viziers had acquired a temporary influence of first degree within the state in the period of Sefer Ghazi in the century XVII. However, this strong character was grateful to his alliance with karachi beys against kalgay for this influence of him. In the letters sent to the chief agents of Moscow and Poland by Sefer Ghazi Lord or the following influential lords, they had introduced themselves in the capacity of the absolute agent in the style of the Ottoman grand viziers; but this situation should not mislead us. In the middle of the century XVIII, in other words, even in the period when the centralised system had become established much more than the past, Baron de Tott indicates that the vizier or the mufti could never acquire the influence and power as seen in the Ottoman State against the tribal aristocracy in the Crimea.