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 Ibrahim 116 Ibrahim the house of Aghlah, and assumed the title of Khalif of Kairwan. Ibrahim, Imam, f''"'- This Ibrahim who bears the title of Imam, or chief of the religion of Muhammad, is not of the number of the twelve Imams of the posterity of 'Ali. He was a son of Muhammad, the son of 'All, the son of 'Abdullah, the son of 'Abbas the nncle of the prophet, and eldest brother of the two first Khalifs of the house of 'Abbas ; but was himself never acknowledged for a Khalif. He was put to death by order of Marwan II, surnamed Himar, last Khalif of the house of Umayya, in the month of October, 749 A. D., Safar, 132 A. H. Ibrahim Khan, the son of the celebrated Amir-ul-Umra 'Ali Mardan Khan. He was honoured with the rank of 5000 in the second j'ear of the emperor 'Alam- gfr 1659, A. D., and appointed governor, at different periods, of Kashmir, Labor, Bihar, Bengal and other places, and died in the reign of Bahadur Shah. Ibrahim Khan Fatha Jang, f^^bi^, was a relation of the celebrated Nur Jahan Begam, whose mother's sister he had married. When Kasim Khan the grandson of Shaikh Salim Chishti was recalled to court from the government of Bihar in the twelfth year of the emperor Jahangir 1616 A. D., 1025 A. H., Ibrahim Khan was appointed governor of that province with the rank of 4000. He was killed at Dacca 1623 A. D., 1032 A. H., ia bat- tle against prince Khurram (afterwards Shah Jahan) who had rebelled against his father Jahangir. His wife Euh Parwaz Khanam lived to a great age, and died ia the reign of the emperor 'Alamgir. Ibrahim Khan Sur, i*-^biK son of Ghazi Khan, governor of Bayana, was the brother-in-law of Mu- hammad Shah 'Adili, whose sister he had married. He raised a considerable army and took possession of Dehli and Agrah on the 28th February, 1555 A. D., 6th Jumada' I, 962 A. H. He had no sooner ascended the throne, than another competitor arose in the province of the Panjab, in the person of Ahmad Khan, a nephew of the late SheLr Shah. He defeated Ibrahim Khan in a battle, and the lat- ter retreated to Sambhal, while Ahmad Khan took posses- sion of Agrah and Dehli, and assumed the title of Sikandar Shah in May the same year. Ibriihim Khan was killed by Sulaiman, King of Bengal, in Orissa in a battle fought in 1667 A. D., 975 A. H., and is buried there. Amongst the incidents of the year 1555 A. D., 962 A. H., was the explosion in the fort of Agrah, when enormous stones and columns were sent flying several kus to the other side of the J amna, and many j^eoplc were destroyed. As the whole Fort was called Badalgarh, the date was found in the words, " The fire of Badalgarh." Ibrahim Khawas, L>=1>=^ apupU of Abii 'Abdullah Maghrabf who died 911 A. D.* He was called Khawas, which means a basket-maker. Ibrahim Kutb Shah, f*-*]^^'? was the son of Kuli Kutb Shah I, sovereign of Golkanda. On the death of his brother Jamsheid Kutb Shah, the nobles of the court elevated his son Subhan Kuli, a child of seven years of age, to the throne ; but as he was unable to wield the sceptre, Ibrahim was sent for from Bijanagar, where he then resided, and was crowned on Monday the 28th of July, 1550 A. D., 12th Ea.jab, 957 A. H. In the year 1565 A. D., 972 A. H, he, in conjunction with the other Muhammadan monarchs of the Dakhan, marched against Eamraj, the raja of Bijanagar, who was defeated and slain, and his territories occupied by the conquerors. In 1571 A. D., 979 A. H., the fort of Eajmandri was taken from the Hindus by Eafa't Khan, the general of Ibrahim ; the following chronogram commemorates the date of its occurrence : The temple of the infidels has fallen into our hands." Ibrahim Kutb Shah, after a prosperous reign of 32 years, died suddenly on Thursday the 5th of June, 1581 A. D., 21st Eabi' II, 989 A. H., in the 51st year of his age, and was succeeded by his son Muhammad Kutb Shah. Ibrahim Mirza, lb" thesonof BahramMirzaand grandson of Shah Ismai'l Safwi. His poetical name was Jahi. He was murdered by order of his grandfather. Ibrahim Mirza, Sultan, 'j^ (•i*l^^t was the son of Shahrukh Mirza and grandson of Amir Taimur. He was governor of Fars during the life of his father, and died a few years before him in 1435 A. D., 839 A. H. After his death, his son 'Abdullah Mirza succeeded him, and waa killed in battle against Mirza Abu Sa'id his cousin-ger- man in 1451 A. D., 855 A. H. Ibrahim Mirza, Dr* his poetical name was Adam, which see. Ibrahim Mirza, lir^j the son of Mirza Sulaiman of Badakhshan, was born in the year 1534 A. D., 941 A. H. "When his father with the intention of conquering Balkh went to that country, prince Ibrahim accompanied him, and was taken prisoner in battle and put to death by order of Pir Muhammad Khan, ruler of Balkh in the month of September, 1560 A. D., ZU-hijja, 967 A. H. Ibrahim Nayal, J^-Jf* '"icfe Ibrahim-bin-Nayal. Ibrahim Nizam Shah, f»J!*lr!', succeeded his father Buihan Nizam Shah II, in the kingdom of Ah- madnagar Dakhan in the month of AprU, 1595 A. D., Sha'ban, 1003 A. H., and was slain in action against the troops of Ibrahim 'Adil Shah II, of Bijapur, after a reign of only four months in the month of August, 1595 A. D., Zil-hijja, 1003 A. H. Mian Manju, his "Wazii-, raised to the throne one Ahmad a boy, said to be of the Nizam Shahi family. Ibrahim Pasha, ^^^i (♦i^ir-'j an adopted son of Mu- hammad 'Ali Pasha of Egypt, was born in 1789 A. D., and gave the first proofs of his gallantry and generalship in 1819 A. D., in quelling the insurrection of the Wahabis. He afterwards made several conquests. In 1848 A.D. when Muhammad 'Ali had sunk into absolute dotage, Ibrahim went to Constantinople, and was installed by the Porte as Viceroy of Egypt ; but on the 9th November, 1848, he died at Cairo. Ibrahim Shah Sharki, Sultan, iAx^ s^^iri' ty'^, ascended the throne of Jaunpur, after the death of hia brother Mubarik Shah in 1402 A. D., 804 A. H. He was famous dui-ing his reign for the encouragement he affor- ded to literature ; and we find that in those times of anarchy and confusion which prevailed in Hindustan, Jaunpur became the seat of learning ; as appears (says Firishta) from several works now extant, dedicated to Ibrahim Shah. He died in 1440 A. D., 844 A. H., after a long reign of upwards of 40 years. He was beloved in life, and he was regretted by all his subjects. His eldest son Mahmud Shah Sharki succeeded him. Ibrahim Shah Pir,^i.^is'"*' a Muhammadan saint whose tomb is in the district of Kach thirty miles above Lakpat. Vide Transactions Eoyal Asiatic Society, Vol. Ill, p. 558. Ibrahim Shaikh, ^^i^, the son of Shaikh Musa, the, brother of Shaikh Salim Chishti. He served Akbar for several years in the military line, and when that emperor was proceeding to Kabul after the death of his brother, Muhammad Hakim, Shaikh Ibrahim accompanied