OverviewA figure remembered in Sufi tradition for leaving privilege for a simpler life.CategoryScholarPeriodBirth date unknown · d. c. 778 CE
Life and settingIbrahim's biography connects Balkh with later life in Syria. Accounts emphasize his abandonment of privilege and pursuit of a simpler religious life.Source: TDV Encyclopaedia of Islam
Work and legacyStories about him became influential in Sufi literature. The famous royal-renunciation narrative belongs to later biographical tradition and should not be treated as independently established in every detail.Source: TDV Encyclopaedia of Islam
SourcesOriginal concise biography based on the cited references. Historical reports, later devotional traditions and uncertain dates are distinguished where relevant.TDV Encyclopaedia of Islam
