Ibrahim ibn Hussein

Ibrahim ibn Hussein
Ruler of Transoxiana
Reign	1178-1202/1203
Predecessor	Muhammad ibn Mas’ud
Successor	Uthman ibn Ibrahim
Died	1202/1203 Transoxiana
Dynasty	Karakhanid dynasty
Father	Hussein ibn Hasan
Religion	Sunni Islam

Ibrahim ibn Hussein was a Karakhanid ruler in Transoxiana from 1178/1179 to 1202/1203. ^[1]

Biography

Ruins of residence of Ibrahim ibn Hussein in Samarkand

Ibrahim ibn Hussein was the son of the Karakhanid Hussein ^[2]

According to Encyclopedia Iranica his full name was Sultan Qilich Ṭamgach Khan Ibrahim b. Hussein. ^[3]

According to Karev, Ibrahim ibn Hussein came to power in 1178/1179. His residence was in Samarkand. He was the first to bear the Turkic title (ulug sultan al-salatin). ^[4] Ibrahim issued coins in his own name under the title Arslan Khan. ^[5]

According to Aufi Ibrahim b. Hussein composed poems in his youth. ^[6]

Ibrahim ibn Hussein wrote poetry in Persian and hand copied the Quran. ^[7]

During the era of Ibrahim ibn Hussein, Taj al-Din Muhammad b. Adnan wrote such works as "History of Turkestan" and "History of China". ^[8]

After the death of Ibrahim, his son Uthman ibn Ibrahim came to power.

References

1. Karev, Yury. "Qarakhanid wall paintings in the citadel of Samarqand: first report and preliminary observations." Muqarnas 22 (2005), p.80.
2. Karev, Yury. "Qarakhanid wall paintings in the citadel of Samarqand: first report and preliminary observations." Muqarnas 22 (2005), p.80.
3. Matīnī 2011.
4. Karev, Yury. "Qarakhanid wall paintings in the citadel of Samarqand: first report and preliminary observations." Muqarnas 22 (2005), p.80.
5. Davidovich, E. A. (1998), "The Karakhanids", in Asimov, M.S.; Bosworth, C.E. (eds.), History of Civilisations of Central Asia, vol. 4 part I, UNESCO Publishing, p. 133.
6. Karev, Yury. "Qarakhanid wall paintings in the citadel of Samarqand: first report and preliminary observations." Muqarnas 22 (2005), p.81.
7. Biran 2004.
8. Karev, Yury. "Qarakhanid wall paintings in the citadel of Samarqand: first report and preliminary observations." Muqarnas 22 (2005), p.80.

Sources

• Bosworth, C.E. (1996). The New Islamic Dynasties. Columbia University Press.
• Biran, Michal (2004). ILAK-KHANIDS. Several Qara-khanid rulers are famous for their literary activity. The two last western ḵāqāns, Ebrāhim b. Ḥo-sayn (1178-1203) and ʿOṯmān (1202-12), wrote poetry in Persian; and Ebrāhim also copied the Koran (moṣḥaf) in his own hand
• Matīnī, J. (2011). "AWFĪ, SADĪD-AL-DĪN".
• Davidovich, E. A. (1998), "The Karakhanids", in Asimov, M.S.; Bosworth, C.E. (eds.), History of Civilisations of Central Asia, vol. 4 part I, UNESCO Publishing, p. 134-135.
• Kochnev B.D. Numizmaticheskaya istoriya Karakhanidskogo kaganata (991—1209 gg.). Moskva «Sofiya», 2006.