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{{Infobox royalty<br />
| name = Ibrahim Ali Khan<br />
| title = [[Nawab]], [[Sir]], {{postnom|GCSI}}<br />
| image = Ibrahim Ali Khan of Tonk.jpg<br />
| image_size = <br />
| alt = Ibrahim Ali Khan of Tonk<br />
| caption = Ibrahim Ali Khan in 1910.<br />
| succession = [[Nawab of Tonk]]<br />
| reign = 20 December 1867 – 23 June 1930<br />
| coronation = <br />
| predecessor = Muhammad Ali Khan<br />
| successor = Saadat Ali Khan<br />
| birth_name = Muhammad Ibrahim Ali Khan<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date|1849|11|8|df=yes}} <br />
| birth_place = [[Tonk State]], [[Rajputana Agency]], [[British India]] (present-day [[Rajasthan]], India)<br />
| death_date = {{death date and age|1930|6|23|1849|11|8|df=y}} <br />
| death_place = [[Tonk State]], [[Rajputana Agency]], [[British India]] (present-day [[Rajasthan]], India)<br />
| burial_place = <br />
| spouse = 6<br />
| spouse-type = [[Begum]]<br />
| issue = 36<br />
| full name = <br />
| era name = <br />
| house = [[Salarzai]]<br />
| father = Muhammad Ali Khan<br />
| mother = <br />
| religion = [[Islam]]<br />
| signature_type = <br />
| signature = File:Signature of Ibrahim Ali Khan of Tonk.png<br />
}}<br />
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'''Nawab Hafiz Sir Muhammad Ibrahim Ali Khan Bahadur''' {{postnom|GCSI}} (8 November 1849 – 23 June 1930) was the [[Nawab of Tonk]] from 1867 until his death in 1930.<br />
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He ascended the throne of Tonk following the deposition of his father by the British, who was charged guilty of mass murder. He attended all the three [[Delhi Durbar]]s. In 1901, he passed a law for the conservation of [[wildlife]] and the [[natural environment|environment]] in his state. This was also the first law enacted in present day [[Rajasthan]] for such a purpose.<br />
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==Early life==<br />
Ibrahim Ali Khan was born on 8 November 1849 at [[Tonk State]], [[British India]]. His father Muhammad Ali Khan was the third [[Nawab of Tonk]]. His mother was a daughter of Ahmad Ali Khan.<br />
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In 1864, Ibrahim Ali Khan started a practise of sacrificing camels on [[Eid al-Adha]]. The family discontinued the practise in 2014, after Rajasthan declared the camel as a state animal.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Khan |first1=Shoeb |title=Tonk royals abandon practice of sacrificing camel |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Tonk-royals-abandon-practice-of-sacrificing-camel/articleshow/44368095.cms |work=[[The Times of India]] |accessdate=5 April 2019 |date=5 October 2014}}</ref><br />
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==Reign==<br />
Ibrahim Ali Khan's father Muhammad Ali Khan was found guilty in the mass-killings of the [[Thakur (title)|Thakur]] of [[Lawa Thikana|Lawa state]] and his relatives. As a result, he was deposed by the British and exiled to [[Varanasi]] with an yearly pension of {{INR convert|60|k|year=1867}}.<ref>{{cite book |author1=S.N. Sadasivan |title=Political a nd Administrative Integration of Princely States |date=2005 |publisher=Mittal Publications |isbn=9788170999683 |page=9}}</ref> Subsequently, Ibrahim Ali Khan ascended the throne of Tonk on 20 December 1867 at the age of 20. As a punishment, his gun salute was reduced to 17 from 21.<br />
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As the [[Tonk State]] was in debts to the British at the time of Ibrahim Ali Khan's coronation, a regency council under the leadership of his grand-uncle Ubaidullah Khan was appointed. The council was removed in 1870 and Ibrahim Ali Khan was investitured to rule the state. At the 1877 [[Delhi Durbar]], he was given a salute of 17 guns in the presence of [[Edward VII]], the [[Prince of Wales]]. He also attended the other two Delhi Durbars held at 1903 and 1911. He was appointed a Knight Grand Commander of the [[Order of the Star of India]] in the [[1913 New Year Honours]].<br />
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In 1901, Ibrahim Ali Khan passed the Shikar Act of 1901. This was the first law enacted in present day [[Rajasthan]] for the conservation of [[natural resource]]s, [[wildlife]] and the [[natural environment|environment]].<br />
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Ibrahim Ali Khan died on 23 June 1930 at Tonk. He was succeeded by Saadat Ali Khan, a son of Ladli Begum.<br />
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==Personal life==<br />
Ibrahim Ali Khan married six times. While four of his wives were from the royal family, one wife was from the royal family of [[Rampur State]]. His wives are - Nawab Ladli Begum, Nawab Hajira Begum, Nawab Maimuna Begum, Nawab Mulka Jamil-uz-Zamani Begum, Amir-uz-Zamani Begum and Mubarak-uz-Zamani Begum. He fathered twenty-one sons and fifteen daughters.<br />
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Ibrahim Ali Khan's full name with titles is "His Highness, Wazir-ul-Mulk, Nawab Hafiz Sir Muhammad Ibrahim Ali Khan Sahib Bahadur, Saulat Jung, Nawab of Tonk''.''<br />
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==References==<br />
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==Further reading==<br />
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*{{citation|title =The Modern History of the Indian Chiefs, Rajas, Zamindars, & C|first=Loknath|last=Ghosh|isbn=9781446036365|date=1879}}<br />
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