Abu al-Hasan 'Ali (died c. 1009) was ruler of
Khwarazm
Khwarazm (; ; , ''Xwârazm'' or ''Xârazm'') or Chorasmia () is a large oasis region on the Amu Darya river delta in western Central Asia, bordered on the north by the (former) Aral Sea, on the east by the Kyzylkum Desert, on the south by th ...
(a large
oasis
In ecology, an oasis (; : oases ) is a fertile area of a desert or semi-desert environment[Amu Darya
The Amu Darya ( ),() also shortened to Amu and historically known as the Oxus ( ), is a major river in Central Asia, which flows through Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Afghanistan. Rising in the Pamir Mountains, north of the Hindu Ku ...]
river delta
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in western
Central Asia
Central Asia is a region of Asia consisting of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. The countries as a group are also colloquially referred to as the "-stans" as all have names ending with the Persian language, Pers ...
) from 997 until his death c. 1009. The second member of the
Ma'munid dynasty, he was the son of
Ma'mun I ibn Muhammad.
In 997, Ali took over Khwarazm following his father's death. Little is known of his reign, but his emirate was dependent upon the
Karakhanids
The Kara-Khanid Khanate (; zh, t=喀喇汗國, p=Kālā Hánguó), also known as the Karakhanids, Qarakhanids, Ilek Khanids or the Afrasiabids (), was a Karluks, Karluk Turkic peoples, Turkic khanate that ruled Central Asia from the 9th to the ...
, rivals of the
Ghaznavids. He died around 1009 and was succeeded by his brother,
Abu al-Abbas Ma'mun.
[''The Monumental Inscriptions from Early Islamic Iran and Transoxiana'', editor Sheila Blair, E.J. Brill, 1992,80]
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