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Abdullah Khan II

1533–1598 · 16th century

Abdullah Khan II was the most powerful ruler of the Shaybanid dynasty in Transoxiana, effectively in power from the 1550s and khan from 1583 to 1598. He reunited the Uzbek appanages under Bukhara, took Herat and Mashhad from the Safavids and built caravanserais, bridges and madrasas. Soon after his death the Shaybanids died out, and the Janids took the throne in 1599.

Abdullah Khan II — Image: Bukhara School · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

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Khanate of Bukhara

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APA: The Epoch Institute. (2026). Abdullah Khan II. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/abdullah-khan-ii
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