İbrahim Yinal

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İbrahim Yinal (died 1060) was a Seljuk warlord, and a uterine brother of the sultan Toğrül.

İbrahim commanded a successful raid against the eastern provinces of the Byzantine Empire which culminated in the Battle of Kapetrou in September 1048. The Arab chronicler Ibn al-Athir reports that he brought back 100,000 captives and a vast booty loaded on the backs of ten thousand camels.[1] In 1058, he revolted against his brother, but was eventually defeated and personally strangled by Toğrül with his bowstring at Baghdad.[2]

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  1. ^ Paul A. Blaum (2005). Diplomacy gone to seed: a history of Byzantine foreign relations, A.D. 1047-57. International Journal of Kurdish Studies. (Online version)
  2. ^ This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.