 Favourite concubines frequently received land grants and their offspring were appointed as high officials of the royal court, and in a few cases captured kingdoms by deposing less scandalous and more legitimate heirs to the throne.The daughter of the Bintenne Disawa and granddaughter of Mámpitiye Dissawa was a Yakadadoli in the Harem of the Nayakkar King Kirti Sri Rajasinghe (AD 1747 - 1782), and had a very capable and popular son by the King, named Mámpitiya Bandára.However Mámpitiya Bandara was not considered as an heir to the throne on account of the king's brother's presence at court .