ibrahim khan suri was son of ghazi khan. he was the brother-in-law of sultan muhammad adil shah. he was the governor of agra in 1555, when he revolted against the sultan. adil shah despatched his army to crush the revolt, but he defeated adil's army and marched towards delhi. after capturing delhi, he assumed the regal title and became ibrahim shah suri. but in the same year, sikandar shah suri defeated him at farah, 32 km from agra in spite of the numerical superiority of ibrahim's army. sikandar took possession of both delhi and agra.