Person

Ibrahim I ibn al-Aghlab

d. 812 CE Banu Tamim

Ibrahim I ibn al-Aghlab was appointed by Abbasid Caliph Harun al-Rashid in 800 as hereditary Emir of Ifriqiya, founding the Aghlabid dynasty which ruled until 909.

Significance

Founder of the Aghlabid dynasty and first hereditary Emir of Ifriqiya

Reputation in tradition

mixed in tradition
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