 951/2, Abu Ali's son Abu'l-Muzaffar Abdallah died in an accident and his corpse was shortly sent to Chaghaniyan, where he was buried.In 952 following the death of the governor of Khurasan, Mansur ibn Qara-Tegin (Ibrahim ibn Simjur had already died in 948), 'Abu Ali was reinstated by Nuh as governor of the province.At the insistence of the Ziyarids he began a war with the Buyid Rukn al-Dawla, but was unable to take Ray and made peace.