Tun Ali entered into a semi-retirement in 1847 and handed the reins to Tun Mutahir. Tun Mutahir followed the policy of Tun Ali and not much is written about his reign. In 1857 Tun Ali ordered the execution of Tun Ahmad,[3] his son by another wife, Chik Puan Lingga, whom he married in 1832.[4]