Ibrahim Inal (also spelled İbrahim Yınal,
died 1060) was a
Seljuk warlord, the son of ''Yûsuf Yınal''
and a foster brother of the Sultan
Tughril
Abu Talib Muhammad Tughril ibn Mika'il ( fa, ابوطالب محمد تغریل بن میکائیل), better known as Tughril (; also spelled Toghril), was a Turkmen"The defeat in August 1071 of the Byzantine emperor Romanos Diogenes
by the Turk ...
.
In 1047, Ibrahim wrested
Hamadan and
Kangavar
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Kangavar is located in the east ...
from the
Kakuyid ruler
Garshasp I
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. Ibrahim later commanded a successful raid against the eastern provinces of the
Byzantine Empire
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which culminated in the
Battle of Kapetrou in September 1048. The Arab chronicler
Ibn al-Athir
Abū al-Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad ash-Shaybānī, better known as ʿAlī ʿIzz ad-Dīn Ibn al-Athīr al-Jazarī ( ar, علي عز الدین بن الاثیر الجزري) lived 1160–1233) was an Arab or Kurdish historian ...
reports that he brought back 100,000 captives and a vast booty loaded on the backs of ten thousand camels. In 1058, he revolted against his brother, but was eventually defeated and personally
strangled by Toğrül with his bowstring at
Baghdad
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.
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1060 deaths
Seljuk dynasty
Byzantine–Seljuk wars
Year of birth unknown
Generals of the Seljuk Empire
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