Uthman ibn Ibrahim

Uthman ibn Ibrahim
Uthman ibn Ibrahim
Ruler of Transoxiana
	Detail of a Kara-Khanid ruler, probably Uthman ibn Ibrahim, sitting cross-legged on a throne in the complete reconstructed relief, Afrasiab, Samarkand, circa 1200 CE. It was possibly defaced in 1212 when the Khwarazm shah Muḥammad b. Tekish took over Samarkand.
Reign	1204 – 1212
Predecessor	Ibrahim ibn Hussein
Died	1212; Transoxiana
Dynasty	Karakhanid dynasty
Father	Ibrahim ibn Hussein
Religion	Sunni Islam

Uthman ibn Ibrahim was a Karakhanid ruler in Transoxiana from 1204 to 1212.^[5]

^ Frantz, Grenet (2022). Splendeurs des oasis d'Ouzbékistan. Paris: Louvre Editions. p. 222. ISBN 978-8412527858. 'Uthman ibn Brahim (...) très probablement commanditaire des peintures de Samarkand"
^ Karev, Yury (2013). Turko-Mongol rulers, cities and city life. Leiden: Brill. pp. 114–115. ISBN 9789004257009. The ceramics and monetary finds in the pavilion can be dated to no earlier than to the second half of the twelfth century, and more plausibly towards the end of that century. This is the only pavilion of those excavated that was decorated with paintings, which leave no doubt about the master of the place. (...) The whole artistic project was aimed at exalting the royal figure and the magnificence of his court. (...) the main scenes from the northern wall represents the ruler sitting cross-legged on a throne (see Figs 13, 14) (...) It was undoubtedly a private residence of the Qarakhanid ruler and his family and not a place for solemn receptions.
^ Frantz, Grenet (2022). Splendeurs des oasis d'Ouzbékistan. Paris: Louvre Editions. pp. 221–222. ISBN 978-8412527858. Peintures murales qui ornaient (...) la résidence privée des derniers souverains qarakhanides de Samarkande (fin du 12ième - début du 13ième siècle (...) le souverain assis, les jambes repliées sur le trône, tient une flèche, symbole du pouvoir (Fig.171).
^ Karev, Yury (2013). Turko-Mongol rulers, cities and city life. Leiden: Brill. p. 120. ISBN 9789004257009. We cannot exclude the possibility that this action was related to the dramatic events of the year 1212, when Samarqand was taken by the Khwarazmshah Muḥammad b. Tekish.
^ Bosworth 1996, p. 182.

[1] Frantz, Grenet (2022). Splendeurs des oasis d'Ouzbékistan. Paris: Louvre Editions. p. 222. ISBN 978-8412527858. 'Uthman ibn Brahim (...) très probablement commanditaire des peintures de Samarkand"

[2] Karev, Yury (2013). Turko-Mongol rulers, cities and city life. Leiden: Brill. pp. 114–115. ISBN 9789004257009. The ceramics and monetary finds in the pavilion can be dated to no earlier than to the second half of the twelfth century, and more plausibly towards the end of that century. This is the only pavilion of those excavated that was decorated with paintings, which leave no doubt about the master of the place. (...) The whole artistic project was aimed at exalting the royal figure and the magnificence of his court. (...) the main scenes from the northern wall represents the ruler sitting cross-legged on a throne (see Figs 13, 14) (...) It was undoubtedly a private residence of the Qarakhanid ruler and his family and not a place for solemn receptions.

[3] Frantz, Grenet (2022). Splendeurs des oasis d'Ouzbékistan. Paris: Louvre Editions. pp. 221–222. ISBN 978-8412527858. Peintures murales qui ornaient (...) la résidence privée des derniers souverains qarakhanides de Samarkande (fin du 12ième - début du 13ième siècle (...) le souverain assis, les jambes repliées sur le trône, tient une flèche, symbole du pouvoir (Fig.171).

[4] Karev, Yury (2013). Turko-Mongol rulers, cities and city life. Leiden: Brill. p. 120. ISBN 9789004257009. We cannot exclude the possibility that this action was related to the dramatic events of the year 1212, when Samarqand was taken by the Khwarazmshah Muḥammad b. Tekish.

[FOOTNOTEBosworth1996182-5] Bosworth 1996, p. 182.

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Uthman ibn Ibrahim
Ruler of Transoxiana
Detail of a Kara-Khanid ruler, probably Uthman ibn Ibrahim,^[1] sitting cross-legged on a throne in the complete reconstructed relief, Afrasiab, Samarkand, circa 1200 CE.^[2]^[3] It was possibly defaced in 1212 when the Khwarazm shah Muḥammad b. Tekish took over Samarkand.^[4]
Reign	1204 – 1212
Predecessor	Ibrahim ibn Hussein
Died	1212 Transoxiana
Dynasty	Karakhanid dynasty
Father	Ibrahim ibn Hussein
Religion	Sunni Islam