Shah-Ali (Volga Türki and Persian: شاه علی, or Shahghali; Russian: Шах-Али; Tatar: Шаһгали / Şahğali; also known as Shig-Aley; Russian: Шиг-Алей;[1] 1505–1567) was a khan of the Qasim Khanate and the Khanate of Kazan.
He was the son of the Qasim Khan Sheikh Auliyar (reigned 1512–16) and grandson of Bakhtiar Sultan, a brother of Ahmed Khan bin Küchük (the Golden Horde ruler who lost control of Russia).
The house of Ulugh Mohammad having died out, there was talk of bringing in someone from the Crimean Khanate, but Russia managed to impose their vassal Shahghali.
He was disliked as a Russian vassal and his violence toward his opponents only made things worse.
Within a few weeks his troops were massacred and it was clear that he was a prisoner in his own palace, although there was no attempt to dethrone him.
The people would not accept their near-conquest and he could not manage the conflict between his position as both a Russian vassal and ruler of an independent khanate.
Russia sent an ambassador suggesting that Russian troops enter the town to restore order, but he refused to surrender his city to unbelievers.
In 1559 he participated in the Livonian War as commander of the Russian avant-garde, and besieged Narva and Pärnu.