| Ibrahim | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ghaznavid Sultan Zahir ad-Dawlah ظھیر الدولہ Help of the State | |||||
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| Sultan of Ghaznavid Empire | |||||
| Reign | 4 April 1059 – 25 August 1099 | ||||
| Predecessor | Farrukh-Zad | ||||
| Successor | Mas'ūd III | ||||
| Born | c. 1033 Ghaznavid Empire | ||||
| Died | 25 August 1099 (aged 66) Ghaznavid Empire | ||||
| Burial | 25–26 August 1099 | ||||
| Issue | Mas'ūd III | ||||
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| House | House of Sabuktigin | ||||
| Father | Ma'sud I | ||||
| Religion | Sunni Islam | ||||
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Ibrahim of Ghazna (b. 1033 – d. 1099) was sultan of the Ghaznavid empire from April 1059 until his death in 1099.[2] Having been imprisoned at the fortress of Barghund, he was one of the Ghaznavid princes that escaped the usurper Toghrul's massacre in 1052.[3] After his brother Farrukh-Zad took power, Ibrahim was sent to the fortress of Nay,[4] the same fortress where the poet Masud Sa'd Salman would later be imprisoned for ten years.[5]
Following Farrukh's death, Ibrahim was recognized as the last surviving male Ghaznavid. A military escort was sent to fetch him from Nay and he entered Ghazna on 6 April 1059.[4] Ibrahim's reign was considered a golden age for the Ghaznavid empire, due to the treaties and cultural exchanges with the Great Seljuq empire.[6]
- ^ Alya Karame. "Qur'ans from the Eastern Islamic World between the 4 th /10 th and 6 th /12 th Centuries" (PDF). The University of Edinburgh. p. 109.
- ^ Dames 1993, p. 157.
- ^ Bosworth 1977, p. 46.
- ^ a b Bosworth 1977, p. 50.
- ^ Bosworth 1977, p. 66.
- ^ Ziad 2006, p. 294.