 The Ottoman government often appointed local Chepni and Laz beys as the regional beylerbey.It is also recorded that some Bosniak beys were also appointed by the Sublime Porte as the regional beylerbeys in Trabzon.The Beylerbeylik of Trabzon ("Trabzon Beylerbeyliği") had always sent troops for the Ottoman campaigns in Europe during the 16th and 17th centuries.