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[[Image:Mosque 010.jpg|thumb|Mosque of Ibrahim I in [[Inner City (Baku)]]]]
'''Ibrahim I of Shirvan''' (ruled [[1382]] - [[1417]]) [[Shirvanshah]], ruler of [[Shirvan]] from the Derbendid dynasty.

After the death [[Shirvanshah]] [[Hushang of Shirvan|Hushang]] in [[1382]], Ibrahim I was selected to be the ruler by the local nobility. At the time, he, an impoverished noble, was living in [[Shaki]]. Legend has it, that he was busy plowing a field, when the messenger from Shamakh rode to inform him about the decision taken.

Wise policies of Ibrahim I saved Shirvan from excesses of foreign invasions of both [[Timur]] from the south and [[Tokhtamysh]] from the north. First, the Shah allied himself with [[Timur]] and in reprisal he  was punished by Tokhtamysh, who ravaged the countryside on the way to [[Tabriz]] in 1386. Next year, Timurid and his vassal [[Shirvanshah]] Ibrahim defeated [[Tokhtamysh]]'s army on the bank of Kura river.

On many later occasions [[Timur]] used [[Shirvan]] as a base to move his armies to attack [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]] and [[Dagestan]]. In 1399-1402, [[Ibrahim]] participated in Timur's [[Timur's invasions of Georgia|devastating expedition]] against Georgia.

After the  death of [[Timur]], emboldened Ibrahim I tried to conquer Tabriz in 1406 but failed due to emergence of the [[Kara Koyunlu]] state, new Turkic dynasty in [[Azerbaijan]]. The Shah also refused to pay tribute to [[Kara Yusuf]], ruler of Kara Koyunlu.

Towards 1411, Ibrahim I allied himself with the [[Constantine I of Georgia]] and the ruler of Shaki Sidi Ahmed and tried to counter the Kara Koyunlu Turcoman advance into the [[Caucasus]]. As a result of  the decisive [[Battle of Chalagan]] on November, 1412, the allies were routed and king Constantine, his brother David and the Ibrahim were taken prisoner.

While his friend and ally Georgian king Constantine was executed, Ibrahim I escaped with paying a heavy indemnity and was able to return to Shirvan in Spring, 1413.

In the old City of Baku  there is a mosque built at the time of Shah Ibrahim in 818 AH (1414/15)

Ibrahim I was succeeded by his son [[Khalilullah I]].