He was successor of his father Ali Shah Chak and ruled Kashmir from 1579 to 1586 AD. The Chaks were religious divided between Sunni, and some Nurbakhshiya Sufis, that some have described as an offshoot of Shiism. They were formidable fighters of huge structure (Dards) and soundly defeated the great Mughal Emperor Akbar twice and that too with a much smaller army.