ali bin hamoud did not claim the title of caliph in his uprising against sulayman until after he had taken control of the royal palace in cordoba and killed sulayman. except for what some historians mentioned to me that a man from the descendants of muhammad bin zayd aldai alqaim in tabaristan was pledged allegiance to as caliph in nishapur then his affair declined and he fled and entered the crowd of people and it was said that he died in wadi alhijara in andalusia among the lowly soldiers according to ibn baq and god knows best and the same applies to those who belong to them such as the leader of the zanj in basra and others and ubayd allah did not claim the title of caliph until after his soldiers took control of africa and the banu aghlab left.
بعلي بن حمود، لم يتسم في قيامه على سليمان بالخلافة إلا بعد استيلائه على دار المملكة بقرطبة وقتل سليمان. إلا ما ذكر لي بعض أهل الأخبار من أن رجلا من ولد محمد بن زيد الداعي القائم بطبرستان بويع بالخلافة بنيسابور، ثم اضمحل أمره وفر ودخل غمار الناس، وقيل إنه مات بوادي الحجارة من الأندلس في جملة خساس الجند عند ابن باق، والله أعلم؛ وكذلك المنتمون إليهم كصاحب الزنج بالبصرة وغيره، ولم يتسم عبيد الله بالخلافة إلا بعد استيلاء جنده على افريقية وذهاب بني الأغلب.