Ibrahim Khan Fath-i-Jang

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{{One source|May 2011|date=May 2011}}{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2011}}{{infobox officeholder
| honorific_prefix =
| name = Ibrahim Khan
| honorific_suffix = Fath-i-Jang
| term_start = 1617
| term_end = 1624
| office = Subahdar of Bengal
| predecessor= [[Qasim Khan Chishti]]
| successor = [[Mahabat Khan]]
| father = [[Mirza Ghiyas Beg]]
| relatives = [[Abu'l-Hasan Asaf Khan]] (brother), [[Nur Jahan]] (sister), [[Khvajeh Mohammad-Sharif]] (grandfather)
| monarch = [[Jahangir]]
| death_date = 20 April 1624
| death_place = [[Bhagalpur]], [[Bengal Subah]]
| issue =
}}
'''Mirza Ibrahim Beg''' ({{lang-fa|{{Nastaliq|میرزا ابراهیم بیگ}}}}), later known as '''Ibrahim Khan Fath-i-Jang''' ({{lang-fa|{{Nastaliq|ابراهیم خان فتح جنگ}}}}; d. 1624) was the [[Subahdar]] of [[Bengal Subah|Bengal]] during the reign of emperor [[Jahangir]]. He was the brother to Empress [[Nur Jahan]].

==Biography==
Born to a [[Shi'ite]] family, Khan was the son of [[Mirza Ghiyas Beg]]. His uncle, Muhammad-Tahir, was a learned man who composed poetry under the pen name of ''Wasli''.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Findly |first1=Ellison Banks |title=Nur Jahan, empress of Mughal India |date=1993 |publisher=Oxford University Press |page=9 |isbn=9780195074888}}</ref> Ibrahim Khan's father was a native of [[Tehran]], and was the youngest son of [[Khvajeh Mohammad-Sharif]].<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |last=Shokoohy |first=Mehrdad |year=2001 |article=GĪĀṮ BEG, ʿEʿTEMĀD-AL-DAWLA |url=http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/gia-beg- |encyclopedia=Encyclopaedia Iranica, Vol. X, Fasc. 6 |pages=594–595 |location= |publisher= | isbn = }}</ref> His father Ghiyas Beg migrated to the [[Mughal Empire]] after Sharif's death.

Ibrahim Khan served as a veteran in [[Akbar]]'s reign. [[Qasim Khan Chishti]]'s failure in military expeditions resulted in Ibrahim being appointed the next governor of Mughal Bengal in 1617, during the reign of [[Jahangir]]. In 1620, the [[Maghs]] of [[Arakan]] attacked the Bengali capital of [[Jahangirnagar]] (Dhaka). In response, Khan defeated them and captured 400 Magh war boats. This part of Dhaka continues to be known as [[Maghbazar]].<ref>{{cite Banglapedia|article=Maghbazar|author=Fazilatun Nessa}}</ref> During his term, he also freed the [[Baro-Bhuiyan]] chief [[Musa Khan (Bengal)|Musa Khan]] and his allies. It is said that Ibrahim Khan appointed [[Dilal Khan]] as Dhaka's naval commander.<ref name=ali>{{cite book|title=History of Chittagong|pages=49-50|author=[[Syed Murtaza Ali]]|year=1964}}</ref>

He died on 20 April 1624 in an attack by the rebellious prince Shah Jahan. He was buried in a tomb in [[Bhagalpur]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Khan |first=Muazzam Hussain |year=2012 |chapter=Ibrahim Khan Fath-i-Jang |chapter-url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Ibrahim_Khan_Fath-i-Jang |editor1-last=Islam |editor1-first=Sirajul |editor1-link=Sirajul Islam |editor2-last=Jamal |editor2-first=Ahmed A. |title=Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh |edition=Second |publisher=[[Asiatic Society of Bangladesh]]}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[List of rulers of Bengal]]
*[[History of Bengal]]
*[[History of Bangladesh]]
*[[History of India]]

==References==
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