Ascended the throne by the consent of the nobles, and when ‘Abdu-r-Razzáq ibn Aḥmad Maimandí who had been sent by the Amír Maudúd towards Seistán arrived at a fort between Bust and Isfirár,* and learned that Abdu-r-Rashíd ibn Maḥmúd was confined in that fort by the orders of the Amír Maudúd, he brought him back and placed him upon the throne, ‘Alí having reigned for a period of about three months. This event took place in the year 443 H. (1051 A. D.).