Ibrahim Sultan ( fa, ابراهيم سلطان بن شاهرخ) (Shawwāl 796 AH/August 1394 AD – Shawwāl 838 AH/ May 1435 AD) was a

Timurid Timurid refers to those descended from Timur (Tamerlane), a 14th-century conqueror: * Timurid dynasty, a dynasty of Turco-Mongol lineage descended from Timur who established empires in Central Asia and the Indian subcontinent ** Timurid Empire of C ...

prince who governed a region around modern Fars from 1415 to 1435 under his father

Shah Rukh Shah Rukh or Shahrukh ( fa, شاهرخ, ''Šāhrokh'') (20 August 1377 – 13 March 1447) was the ruler of the Timurid Empire between 1405 and 1447. He was the son of the Central Asian conqueror Timur (Tamerlane), who founded the Timurid dynas ...

. He was grandson of the conqueror

Timur Timur ; chg, ''Aqsaq Temür'', 'Timur the Lame') or as ''Sahib-i-Qiran'' ( 'Lord of the Auspicious Conjunction'), his epithet. ( chg, ''Temür'', 'Iron'; 9 April 133617–19 February 1405), later Timūr Gurkānī ( chg, ''Temür Kü ...

and died on 3 April 1435, around twelve years before his father. He is known as an artist and calligrapher, as well as the patron of

Sharaf ad-Din Ali Yazdi Sharaf ad-Din Ali Yazdi or Sharif al-Din Ali’ Yazdi ( fa, شرف الدین علی یزدی; died 1454, Yazd), also known by his pen name Sharaf, was a 15th-century Persian scholar who authored several works in the arts and sciences, including ...

's biography of Timur. Ibrahim Sultan was an accomplished artist, avid calligrapher and great collector of books. Known to be observant in matters of religion, he personally scribed pious inscriptions on two madrasas he founded in Shiraz and at least five copies of the Qur'an. There remains a handwritten Qur'an in two volumes by him written in Naskh script. Every page of this Qur'an, finished in June 1427, has profusely decorated margins of floral scrolls in gold and color. This two-part Qur'an is a splendid example of lavish manuscript production in the early Timurid period. They were stored in a small room on top of the Qur'an Gate in Shiraz. Travelers passing underneath the gates were believed to receive the blessing of the Holy Book as they began their trip or journey from Shiraz. In 1937 the two Qur'ans were taken from the gate and were taken to the Pars Museum in Shiraz, where they remain today. Sultan Ibrahim is also said to have repaired the Masjid-i Atiq but that soon thereafter it was again ruined by an earthquake.

Personal life

;Consorts Ibrahim had four wives: *Mihr Sultan Agha, daughter of Alu Chuhra Sariktash; *Fatima Sultan Agha, daughter of Amirak Qauchin; *Jahan Begi Agha, daughter of Abdullah Taifi; *Begi Sultan Agha, daughter of Bayazid Sywish; ;Sons Ibrahim had four sons: *Sultan Ishaq Mirza - with Fatima Sultan Agha; *Sultan Muhammad Mirza - with Jahan Begi Agha; *Ismail Mirza - with Begi Sultan Agha; *Sultan Abdallah Mirza - with Mihr Sultan Agha; ;Daughters Ibrahim had two daughters: *Ruqaiya Begi Begum - with Mihr Sultan Agha; *Zainab Sultan Begum - with Fatima Sultan Agha;

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