Ali Shah appointed his long time faithful friend Sayyid Mubarak as his Wazīr.
[5] Being tolerant and liberal minded, he gave special status to the Sunnis, Pandits and the other ethnic and religious groups.
[14] In his six years of tenure as a Wazīr, he employed many Chaks to important offices throughout the Sultanate including Ali.
[15] As it was difficult to run the government with the ailing health of the Sultan, the nobles forced him to abdicate and asked Ali Shah to take the authority in his hand.
[1] Therefore, Ali Shah, in 1570, styled himself as the Sultan of Kashmir and conferred himself with the title of Zahīru'd-Din Muhammad Alī Pādshāh Ghāzī.
[1] Alerted of this scheme, Ali Shah decided to execute them but abandoned it after Sayyid Mubarak intervened on his behalf.
After spending a year and a half in prison, he was released by presenting one hundred gold dinars to the Sultan.
[17] Ali Shah became highly enraged and ordered his brother, Abdal Khan, to capture Yousuf.
[19] Shortly after this event, two nobles, Shams Duni and Muhammad Maraj started to create trouble in the state.
[24] They've been living in exile in Punjab after the Chak upsurge and after assurance from some of the nobles of Kashmir, both of them set out towards the valley.
[29] A humble and sophisticated character, Ali Shah held a modest and polite nature with great knowledge and wisdom.
When the rabi crops failed in 1578 owing to the heavy fall of snow and caused famine in the country, he brought out his treasure and distributed it freely among the poor and needy.
He also discontinued the practice of the blinding and cutting of limbs of political opponents prevalent since the time of Ghazi Shah.
[6] Apart from the state authority, he had a great fondness of arts and literature, having musicians and poets in his court most of the time.
[4] Ali Shah married Fath Khatun to whom he later gave the title of Queen Consort of Kashmir.