ultimatum of three months to return to Qazvin with the young prince Abbas. Mohammad Khodabanda proclaimed that if Ali-Qoli Khan and his circle of acquaintances continued to ignore the king's orders, they would be declared rebels by the central government. Increasing friction After Khayr ol-Nesa's murder, the Khosaran province increasingly became an area of friction between Ali-Qoli Khan Shamlu and his Shamlu–Ustajlu coalition on one hand, and the coalition of Morteza-Qoli Khan Pornak Torkman on the other. Both factions continued to jockey for influence at the court; Ali-Qoli Khan's parents were executed by members of Morteza-Qoli Khan's faction. Having grown severely dissatisfied with Ali-Qoli Khan's disobedience, Mohammad Khodabanda sent a force to Herat in 1581 to deal with Ali-Qoli Khan. However, it ended in failure, for they were unable to reach any kind of success (either by dialogue or military confrontation) with Ali-Qoli Khan's faction. Thereafter, Ali-Qoli Khan's coalition, in Khorasan, decided to proclaim the young Abbas as king (shah). They started minting coins in prince Abbas' name and had the khotbeh (a prayer in the name of a reigning sovereign) read in his name. In 1582 Mohammad Khodabanda himself led an expedition, composed of some 80,000 men, to deal with Ali-Qoli Khan and his men. However, this expedition turned out to be unsuccessful as well; after about a year of cursory skirmishes and negotiations, Mohammad Khodabanda was only able to reach a "truce" with the rebellious coalition that resulted in status quo ante bellum. The coalition headed by Ali-Qoli Khan stated that they would reassert their loyalty to Mohammad Khodabanda, and agreed to consider Hamzeh Mirza, prince Abbas's brother, as the crown prince. Safavid king Mohammad Khodabanda, in return, confirmed Ali-Qoli Khan as governor of Herat as well as guardian of prince Abbas, and agreed to have Mohammad-Qoli Khan Pornak (Ali-Qoli Khan's archrival), dismissed. Later life and death After Mohammad Khodabanda accepted his dethronement, a major issue between Ali-Qoli Khan and Morshed-Qoli Khan (the leader of the Ustajlus) developed over prince Abbas. In 1585 Morshed-Qoli Khan captured Mashhad. Ali-Qoli Khan Ustajlu responded by sending an army; when the two armies met, Morshed Qoli Khan managed to abduct prince Abbas from the battlefield, and took him to Mashhad. Ali-Qoli Khan, after his failure to make Morshed-Qoli Khan release Abbas, decided to retire to Herat, much to his chagrin and with a sense of remorse. Ali-Qoli Khan met his fate in