 Although the dynasty could rely on support from tribal warriors at times, Schnepel notes as an example of shaky authority the unrest in the "quasi-royal estate ... or 'little little kingdom'" of Kalyansingpur.There the Khond people at one point sought to take advantage of a dispute over succession to that zamindari to appoint a king more local and approachable than the rulers at Jeypore.Schnepel notes of Bissam Cuttack, which was another area within the dynastic realm, that "powrful local rulers ... held a position which was nominally subordinate to the Jeypore kings but in fact was held independently of them".