Education
He graduated from al-Azhar University in 1937.
He graduated from al-Azhar University in 1937.
Ibrahim"s first language was Saho. The Grand Mufti resisted Ethiopian oppression of Eritrea. In 1960 he published an article describing the Ethiopian regime in Eritrea as "colonial."
After Sheikh Ibrahim"s death, the office of the Grand Mufti of Eritrea was discontinued until August 1992, following the liberation of Eritrea.
Ibrahim Mukhtar was a prolific author, with several dozen unpublished texts about a wide array of religious, historical, linguistic and literary subjects.