Ibrāhīm Sulṭān b. Shāh Rukh - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE
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Manz, Beatrice Forbes
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Ibrāhīm Sulṭān b. Shāh Rukh (796-838/1394-1435) was a Tīmūrid prince who served as governor of Fars under his father Shāh Rukh (r. 811-50/1409-47), son of the dynasty's founder Tīmūr (Temür, Tamerlane, r. 771-807/1370-1405). Ibrāhīm Sulṭān was active in military affairs but is better remembered for his cultural patronage. At his birth, on 28 Shawwāl 796/26 August 1394, Ibrāhīm Sulṭān, like many grandsons of Tīmūr, was entrusted to Tīmūr's wife Ṭūmān Āghā and educated in kingly culture (adab-i