Sardar Ibrahim Khan

Sardar
Muhammad Ibrahim Khan
*Ghazi-e-Millat*
Sardar Muhammad Ibrahim Khan Ghazi-e-Millat
سردار محمد ابراہیم خان
	Sardar Ibrahim Khan in his office in 1948
President of Azad Kashmir
	In office; 25 August 1996 – 25 August 2001
Preceded by	Abdul Rashid Abbasi (interim)
Succeeded by	Sardar Anwar Khan
	In office; 5 June 1975 – 30 October 1978
Preceded by	Sardar Abdul Qayyum
Succeeded by	Muhammad Hayat Khan
	In office; 13 April 1957 – 30 April 1959
Preceded by	Sardar Abdul Qayyum
Succeeded by	Khurshid Hasan Khurshid
	In office; 24 October 1947 – 12 May 1950
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	Ali Ahmed Shah
Personal details
Born	10 April 1915; Kot Mattay Khan, Poonch district, Jammu and Kashmir, British India
Died	31 July 2003 (aged 88); Islamabad, Pakistan
Resting place	Mausoleum of Sardar Ibrahim Khan, Kot Mattay Khan, Poonch District, Azad Kashmir, Pakistan
Political party	Muslim Conference; Jammu Kashmir Peoples Party
Spouse	Zaib-un-Nisa Khan
Relations	Sardar Jawaid Ibrahim Khan (Son); Sardar Khalid Ibrahim Khan (Son) (MLA); Uft-e-Huma (Daughter); Sardar Farooq Ibrahim Khan (Son); Noreen Farooq Khan (Daughter-In-Law) (MNA); Masood Khan (grand nephew);
Alma mater	Government Islamia College; University of London; Lincoln's Inn
Profession	Lawyer • Politician

Sardar Muhammad Ibrahim Khan (Urdu: سردار محمد ابراہیم خان, pronounced [sər'da:r mo'ɦəməd ɪbra:'ɦi:m xa:n]; 22 April 1915 – 31 July 2003) was a Kashmiri revolutionary leader and politician, who led the 1947 Poonch Rebellion against absolute rule of the Maharaja in the state of Jammu and Kashmir and played a key role in the First Kashmir War, supporting Pakistan. He served as the President of Azad Kashmir for 13 years across four non-consecutive terms and still remains the longest-serving president of the state, since its establishment.^[2]

He is revered as Ghazi-e-Millat (Warrior of the Nation) in Azad Kashmir.^[3]

^ Obituary and profile of Muhammad Ibrahim Khan Dawn (newspaper), Published 1 August 2003, Retrieved 25 January 2021
^ Snedden, Christopher (2013). Kashmir: The Unwritten History. India: Harper Collins Publishers. ISBN 978-9350298978.
^ Jahangir, Amar; Jamshad, Unsa; Khawaja, Anbrin (31 December 2021). "Political and Social Struggle of Ghazi-e-Millat Sardar Muhammad Ibrahim Khan". Journal of History and Social Sciences. 12 (2): 85–95. doi:10.46422/jhss.v12i2.179. ISSN 2221-6804.