Prince Ibrahim Mirza, Solṭān Ebrāhīm Mīrzā, in full Abu'l Fat'h Sultan Ibrahim Mirza was a Persian prince of the Safavid dynasty, who was a favourite of his uncle and father-in-law Shah Tahmasp I, but who was executed by Tahmasp's successor, the Shah Ismail II. Ibrahim is now mainly remembered as a patron of the arts, especially the Persian miniature. Although most of his library and art collection was apparently destroyed by his wife after his murder, surviving works commissioned by him include the manuscript of the Haft Awrang of the poet Jami which is now in the Freer Gallery of Art in Washington D.C.
Persian miniature from the Haft Awrang in the Freer Gallery of Art, 1556–65, commissioned by Ibrahim Mirza and made in Mashhad.
Majnun in Layla's camp from the Freer Jami, attributed to Shaykh Muhammad
Freer Jami, attributed to Muzaffar Ali
Freer Jami, attributed to Mirza Ali
Ismail II was the third Shah of Safavid Iran from 1576 to 1577. He was the second son of Tahmasp I with his principal consort, Sultanum Begum. By the orders of Tahmasp, Ismail spent twenty years imprisoned in Qahqaheh Castle; whether for his recurrent conflicts with the realm's influential vassals, or for his growing popularity between the Qizilbash tribes, resulting in Tahmasp becoming wary of his son's influence.
Ismail II's detail from an illuminated page of his version of Shahnameh
Celebrations in Tabriz for the marriage of Ismail Mirza, folio from Kholassat ot-Tavarikh by Ahmad Monshi Ghomi
The Qahqaheh Castle, where Ismail was imprisoned for nineteen years
Coronation of Shah Ismail II, folio from Kholassat ot-Tavarikh by Ahmad Monshi Ghomi