Abu Ishaq Ibrahim (Buyid)

Abu Ishaq was born on 21 September 953,[1] his father was Mu'izz al-Dawla, while his mother was a daughter of the Dailamite officer Ispahdost.

[3] In 973, while Izz al-Dawla and his Turkish general Sabuktakin were campaigning in the territories of the Hamdanid ruler Abu Taghlib, the latter outflanked the Buyid army and marched towards Baghdad.

Abu Ishaq, along with his mother, the Abbasid Caliph al-Muti, including the women and children of the city, fortified themselves in a castle, waiting for Sabuktakin to return to Baghdad.

Abu Ishaq shortly received these news, and at first thought to join them, but after the urging from his mother, he declined the proposal.

After receiving the news of the fall of Ramhurmuz, 'Izz al-Dawla ordered Abu Ishaq to withdraw from 'Askar Mukram and return to Iraq.

[12] 'Adud al-Dawla then advanced towards Iraq, and routed another army, which made Abu Ishaq, his brother, and Ibn Baqiyya flee from the frontier.

Alptakin warmly received the Buyid brothers and their followers, but then made them involved in his conflict with the Fatimid Caliphate of Egypt.