Ibrahim Inal

Ibrahim Inal (also spelled İbrahim Yınal,[1] died 1060) was a Seljuk warlord, the son of Yûsuf Yınal[1] and a full brother of the sultan Tughril.

In 1047, Ibrahim wrested Hamadan and Kangavar from the Kakuyid ruler Garshasp I.[2] Ibrahim later commanded a successful raid against the eastern provinces of the Byzantine Empire which culminated in the Battle of Kapetrou in September 1048. The Arab chronicler Ibn al-Athir reports that he brought back 100,000 captives and a vast booty loaded on the backs of ten thousand camels.[3] In 1058, he revolted against his brother, but was eventually defeated and personally strangled by Toğrül with his bowstring at Baghdad.[4]

References

1. Faruk Sümer (2002). KUTALMIŞ (PDF). 26. İstanbul: TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi. p. 480-481. ISBN 978-9-7538-9406-7.
2. Bosworth 1968, p. 19.
3. Paul A. Blaum (2005). Diplomacy gone to seed: a history of Byzantine foreign relations, A.D. 1047-57. International Journal of Kurdish Studies. (Online version)
4. Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Seljūks" . Encyclopædia Britannica. 24 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 608.

Sources

• Bosworth, C. E. (1968). "The Political and Dynastic History of the Iranian World (A.D. 1000–1217)". In Boyle, John Andrew (ed.). The Cambridge History of Iran, Volume 5: The Saljuq and Mongol Periods. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 1–202. ISBN 0-521-06936-X.