Ibrahim I. ibn al-Aghlab

I. Ibrahim ibn al - Aghlab, Arabic إبراهيم بن الأغلب, DMG Ibrāhīm ibn al - Aġlab, († 812 ), first emir of the Aghlabids in Ifriqiya ( 800-812 ).

During the uprisings of the Kharijites in Ifriqiya at the end of the 8th century al - Aghlab came into this province of the caliphate and fought successfully the unrest. His son Ibrahim rose to 800 Emir of Ifriqiya and founded the dynasty of the Aghlabids. He also achieved recognition as the hereditary governor by Caliph Harun ar - Rashid.

After the pacification of the country, he founded the residence of al - Abbasiya to the troubled legal scholars of Kairouan to keep at a distance that could incite riots, the population again and again. In order not to be dependent solely on the Arab troops, Ibrahim I. formed a guard of 5000 negro slaves. The necessity of this measure was shown in several revolts of Arab troops (802, 805, 810), which could be put down but. In addition to the pacification of the country, Ibrahim I. also managed the construction of sound administration, which the basis for the economic recovery of Ifriqiya in the following century thought. I. Ibrahim ibn al - Aghlab succeeded by his sons Abdallah I. ( 812-817 ), Ziyadat Allah I ( 817-838 ) and Abu Iqal ( 838-841 ).