Abstract. We investigate the structure of simple Lie algebras L over an algebraically closed field of characteristic p > 7. Let T denote a torus in the p-envelope of L in Der L of maximal dimension. We classify all L for which every 1-section with respect to every such torus T is solvable. This settles the remaining case of the classification of these algebras.This paper is the last of a series of notes which are concerned with the problem of classifying the simple finite dimensional Lie algebras over an algebraically closed field of characteristic p > 7. Earlier notes have provided the preparatory material and the solution of three cases out of four. Here we will solve the remaining case. Our procedure is as follows. We define the concept of an absolute toral rank T R(K, L) of a subalgebra K of a Lie algebra L [11] and consider tori T in a p-envelope L p of a simple, not necessarily restricted Lie algebra L having maximal absolute toral rank T R(T, L p ) in L p . These tori correspond to tori of maximal dimension in the restricted simple algebras. We then consider sections L(α 1 , . . . , α t ) of L with respect to such a torus of maximal absolute toral rank. The 1-sections have been described in [11]. In [12] the possible isomorphism classes of the 2-sections have been determined. The list occurring there is exactly that of [3, (9