The Cambridge History of India, Vol. III: Turks and Afghans v3.c24.65

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He died in 1416, leaving three sons, Nūr Khān, Shāhī Khān, and Muhammad Khān, of whom the eldest succeeded him under the title of ‘Alī Shāh. The renegade Brāhman, Sinha Bhat, retained his office until his death, and the persecution of Hindus was not relaxed. Shortly before the end of the reign Sinha Bhat died, and ‘Alī Shāh appointed his own brother, Shāhī Khān, minister, and shortly afterwards desiring, in an access of religious zeal, to perform the pilgrimage to Mecca, nominated him as regent and left Srīnagar. He had not, however, left the country before his father-in-law, the raja of Jammū, and the raja of Rājāorī succeeded in convincing him of the folly of leaving a kingdom which, after his absence in a far land, he could never expect to recover, and provided him with an army which expelled Shāhī Khān and restored him to his throne.