In 1459 he raided
Transylvania, province of Hungary but was beaten by the
Transylvanian voivode, uncle of
King Matthias and former
Regent of Hungary Michael Szilágyi at
Futak, and thus was forced to retreat. In 1460 he was able to capture the small advancing army of Szilágyi at
Pojejena. He transferred the prisoner to
Constantinople to have him decapitated by the orders of the Sultan. Later that year sultan awarded him for this success and appointed him as the sanjakbey of the
Sanjak of Vidin. He was appointed as sanjakbey of the
Sanjak of Smederevo in 1462/1463. In 1463 he assisted
Mehmet II in his attack on
Bosnia with a distraction attack on King Matthias in
Syrmia, but was pushed back by Andrew Pongrácz, the high
cup-bearer of Hungary. He suddenly made a flanking move into the heart of Hungary and reached
Temesvár, where he ran into John Pongrácz, Voivode of Transylvania and was defeated in a close battle. In 1476 Ali was joined by his brother
Skender Pasha as he departed from Smederevo and crossed the
Danube ahead of 5,000
spahis making a second attempt to reach Temesvár. He was confronted by the Hungarian nobility at
Pančevo. He suffered an utter defeat and barely escaped in a small boat. The Hungarians chased him into the valley on the opposite bank of the
Nadela where they liberated all the previously captured Hungarian prisoners and also took 250 Ottoman captives. In 1478 he joined
Ömer Bey Turahanoğlu when he attacked Venetian possessions. In 1479 Ali Bey launched his biggest attack on the
Kingdom of Hungary. He led his army over the
Szászsebes region, pillaged
Gyulafehérvár, but was stopped by
Pál Kinizsi in the
Battle of Breadfield. By the end of 1492
Wallachian voivode Vlad Călugărul had already warned the Hungarians of a possible Ottoman offensive from Transylvania. In an attempt to dispose the pro-Hungarian voivode,
Bayezid II marched through Wallachia to enter into Hungary. They passed through the
Rotenturm Pass and turned towards inner Transylvania along the
Olt River. At the time the region lacked a legitimate voivode, but the
vice-voivode Stephen Telegdi took up arms and blocked the passage to face the unaware Ottomans on their way back. They managed to retake the plunder and captives and caused the Ottoman forces heavy losses (a couple of thousand casualties). However, after the death of his father Vlad, pro-Ottoman
Radu IV the Great replaced him in 1495. == Marriage and issue ==