Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - A lokacin fitina ta huɗu
, Ibrahim ya zama khalifa a ranar 20 ga Yuli 817 daga mutanen Bagadaza, waɗanda suka ba shi sunan sarauta na al-Mubarak () kuma suka ayyana ɗan'uwansa mai mulki al-Ma'mun da aka tsige. Ibrahim ya sami biyayya ga Hashemites. Dole ne ya yi murabus a shekara ta 819, kuma ya yi sauran rayuwarsa a matsayin mawaƙi da mawaƙa. Ana tuna shi a matsayin "ɗayan mafi kyawun mawaƙa na zamaninsa, tare da muryar murya mai ban mamaki", kuma mai tallata sabon salo na 'Persian style' na waƙa, 'wanda aka nuna shi' inter alia 'ta hanyar wuce gona da iri'.