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{{Short description|Sultan of Delhi in 1296}}
{{Infobox royalty
| title = [[Sultan]]
| succession = Acting [[Delhi Sultanate|Sultan of Delhi]]
| reign = 19 July 1296 – November 1296
| coronation = 21 October 1296
| predecessor = [[Jalal-ud-Din Khalji]]
| regent = [[Malika-i-Jahan (wife of Jalal-ud-Din Khalji)|Malika-i-Jahan]]
| successor = [[Alauddin Khalji]]
| death_date = {{circa|1297}}
| death_place = [[Hansi]], [[Delhi Sultanate]]
| house = [[Khalji Dynasty]]
| father = [[Jalal-ud-Din Khalji]]
| mother = Malika-i-Jahan
| religion = [[Sunni Islam]]
}}

'''Rukn ud-din Ibrahim''' '''Qadr Khan''' (died {{Circa|1297}}),<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Mehta |first=Jaswant Lal |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iUk5k5AN54sC&dq=%22qadr+khan%22+%22death%22+%22khalji%22&pg=PA140 |title=Advanced Study in the History of Medieval India |date=1979 |publisher=Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd |isbn=978-81-207-0617-0 |language=en}}</ref> commonly known as '''Ruknuddin Ibrahim''', was the acting [[Sultan]] of the [[Khalji dynasty]] throughout the latter half of 1296.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book |last=Ray |first=Aniruddha |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jNSNDwAAQBAJ |title=The Sultanate of Delhi (1206–1526): Polity, Economy, Society and Culture |date=2019-03-04 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-000-00729-9 |language=en |chapter=The Khalji Dynasty}}</ref>

== Background ==
Rukn ud-din Ibrahim Qadr Khan was born to [[Jalal-ud-Din Khalji]] (1220–1296), a member of the [[Khalaj people|Khalaj]] tribe and founder of the Khalji dynasty of Delhi, and his wife, [[Malika-i-Jahan (wife of Jalal-ud-Din Khalji)|Malika-i-Jahan]].<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/thesultanateofdelhibylalsrivastava/page/n213/mode/2up?q=%22ruknuddin+ibrahim%22 |title=THE SULTANATE OF DELHI BY LAL SRIVASTAVA |pages=215 |language=English}}</ref><ref name=":1" />

== Sultan of Delhi ==
Upon the death of his father, his mother decided that it would be risky to allow the throne to be vacant while the intended successor was absent, hence ascending the young Ruknuddin to the throne, instead of Jalal-ud-Din's elder son—[[Arkali Khan]]—who was then the [[governor]] of [[Multan]]. Nonetheless, Ruknuddin wouldn't harbor any power amid his brief [[reign]], with his mother instead acting as a [[regent]].<ref name=":2">{{Cite book |last=Kulkarni |first=Shripad Dattatraya |url=https://archive.org/details/encounterwithisl0000unse/mode/2up?q=%22kader+khan%22 |title=Encounter with Islam |publisher=Bombay : Shri Bhagawan Vedavyasa Itihas Samshodhana Mandira (BHISHMA) |others=Internet Archive |year=1990 |isbn=978-81-900113-3-4 |location=Mumbai, India |pages=116}}</ref> His [[coronation]] took place on October 21, 1296.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Bhattacherje |first=S. B. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oGVSvXuCsyUC&dq=%22october+21%22+%22ruknuddin%22&pg=SL1-PA34 |title=Encyclopaedia of Indian Events & Dates |date=2009-05-01 |publisher=Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd |isbn=978-81-207-4074-7 |pages=A34 |language=en}}</ref>

The reception of his ascension was poor, and many believed that [[Alauddin Khalji]] was a more fit ruler. As tensions grew, Ruknuddin and his mother fled the city in the "dead of night," leaving Alauddin to rule.<ref name=":2" />

== Captivity and death ==
Ruknuddin died around 1297, sometime subsequent to the [[Alauddin Khalji's conquest of Multan|fall of Multan]], while in [[captivity]] in [[Hansi]].<ref name=":0" />

== References ==

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[[Category:Sultans of the Khalji dynasty|Jalal-ud-din]]
[[Category:Indian Sunni Muslims]]

Ruknuddin Ibrahim - Revision history

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