Sardar Muhammad Ibrahim Khan

Bani-e-Kashmir Sardar Muhammad Ibrahim Khan
Sardar Muhammad Ibrahim Khan as the, 32 years old, first President of Azad Kashmir.
President of Azad Kashmir
In office 1947–1950
In office 1957–1959
In office 1975–1978
In office 1996–2001
Personal details
Born	(1915-04-10)April 10, 1915 Kot Mattay Khan, Poonch district, Kashmir and Jammu, British India
Died	July 31, 2003(2003-07-31) (aged 88) Islamabad, Pakistan
Political party	Muslim Conference, Jammu Kashmir Peoples Party
Spouse(s)	Zaib-un-Nisa Khan
Relations	Sardar Javed Ibrahim Khan Son Sardar Khalid Ibrahim Khan Son Uft-e-Huma Daughter Sardar Farooq Ibrahim Khan Son
Religion	Islam

Sardar Javed Ibrahim Khan Son

Sardar Khalid Ibrahim Khan Son

Uft-e-Huma Daughter

Sardar Muhammad Ibrahim Khan (April 10, 1915 – July 31, 2003) also known as Bani-e-Kashmir, "Father of Kashmir" and Ghazi-e-Millat, "Hero of the Nation", was the founder and first President of Azad Kashmir. In 1946, he won the Jammu and Kashmir State Assembly election and became a member of the Rajiha Sabha. In 1947, he led an army of Kashmiri guerrillas against the Maharaja of Kashmir, Hari Singh, after passing the resolution for Kashmir's accession to Pakistan in 1947. Khan and his army were unable to capture the entire Kashmiri Territory due to a resolution passed by the United Nations on August 13, 1948. The area they took over was renamed to Azad Kashmir, and became a self-governing division of Pakistan. Khan was elected as its first President at the age of 32. He represented Kashmir in different capacities at the United Nations from 1948 to 1971. He was the grand-uncle of Masood Khan, a career diplomat who has been recently appointed as the President of Azad Jammu and Kashmir.

Sardar Muhammad Ibrahim Khan was born on April 10, 1915 in Kot Matta Khan, a village in the Poonch District of Kashmir. He received his primary education in his village. He attended college and passed with a Bachelors of Arts in 1935 at Islamia College Lahore and sought higher education abroad in 1938. He obtained his LLB from the University of London in 1943. Khan then obtained a law degree from Lincoln's Inn, and started practicing law at Srinagar.

In 1943, Khan was appointed as a public prosecutor in Mirpur. He later worked at the State Advocate General office of Jammu and Kashmir. He left the government job to participate in the liberation of Kashmir movement, and ran for and won the 1946 Jammu and Kashmir State Assembly elections. He went on to serve three more terms in office until he was forced to leave due to old age. He retired at the age of 87. He also established the Azad Muslim Conference.