Abu ' Ali managed to successfully defeat and capture the latter and then had his head sent to Bukhara .
Some time later , Abu ' Ali was sent on an expedition to quell a rebellion near Chaghaniyan under a self - proclaimed prophet known as Mahdi .
Abu ' Ali managed to successfully defeat and capture the latter and then had Abu ' Ali 's head sent to Bukhara .
Some time later , Abu ' Ali was sent on an expedition to quell a rebellion near Chaghaniyan under a self - proclaimed prophet known as Mahdi .