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

Ibrahim ibn Hussein
Ruler of Transoxiana
Reign1178-1202/1203
PredecessorMuhammad ibn Mas’ud
SuccessorUthman ibn Ibrahim
Died1202/1203
Transoxiana
DynastyKarakhanid dynasty
FatherHussein ibn Hasan
ReligionSunni Islam

Biography

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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

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  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

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  • 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.