Ibrahim 1 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
| Sex | M |
| Floruit | M VIII |
| Dates | 744 (taq) / 744 (tpq) |
| PmbZ No. | 2652 |
| Variant Names | Abraim; `brhym |
| Religion | Muslim |
| Ethnicity | Arab |
| Locations | Damascus (officeplace); Damascus; Damascus (residence) |
| Titles | Caliph (office) |
| Textual Sources | Chronicon Anonymi ad annum 1234 pertinens, ed. and tr. J.-B. Chabot, I = CSCO 81-82 (Paris, 1916-20), II = CSCO 109 (Louvain, 1937) (chronicle); Michael the Syrian, Chronicle, ed. and tr. J.-B. Chabot, La chronique de Michel le Syrien (Paris, 1899-1904) (chronicle); Theophanes Confessor, Chronographia, ed. C. de Boor, 2 vols. (Leipzig, 1883-85, repr. Hildesheim/NewYork, 1980); tr. and comm. C. Mango and R. Scott, The Chronicle of Theophanes Confessor, Oxford 1997 (chronicle) |
Ibrahim 1 was the brother of Yezid 4; on his brother's death in 744 he succeeded him as caliph at Damascus; his troops were quickly crushed near Damascus by those of Marwan 2: Theoph. AM 6235 (ὁ Ἰζὶδ καταλείψας Ἀβραΐμ, τὸν ἑαυτοῦ ἀδελφόν). Brother of Yezid 4; after the death of his brother he was chosen as his successor by the people of Damascus: Chron. 1234, §171 (pp. 316-317). He has apparently been confused in this source with Ibrahim 2. It states, rightly, that he was soon overthrown and taken prisoner by Marwan 2: Chron. 1234, §172 (pp. 317-318). However the further statements about him appear to refer to Ibrahim 2. Ibrahim 1 was caliph in 744. He succeeded his brother Yezid 4 as ruler of the Arabs for a few days: Mich. Syr. II 503, 505.
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