| Abdullah Khan II | |||||
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| Abdullah Khan | |||||
 Abdullah Khan Uzbek II slicing melons. Created in Bukhara, c. 1590 | |||||
| Reign | 1583 - 1598 | ||||
| Coronation | 1583 | ||||
| Predecessor | Iskander bin Jani Beg | ||||
| Successor | Abdul-Mo'min bin Abdullah Khan | ||||
| Born | 1533 | ||||
| Died | 1598 | ||||
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| Uzbek | عبد اللہ خان بن اسکندر | ||||
| House | Shaybanid | ||||
| Dynasty | Shaybanid Dynasty, Khanate of Bukhara | ||||
| Religion | Sunni Islam | ||||
Abdullah Khan (Chagatai and Persian: عبدالله خان; 1533/4–1598), known as "The Old Khan", was an Uzbek ruler of the Khanate of Bukhara (1500–1785). He was the last uncontested Shaybanid Khan of Bukhara from 1583 until his death.[1]
Abdullah Khan initiated a war with Iran which lasted from 1587 to 1598. He was able to focus on this thanks to a non-aggression pact with the Mughal Emperor, Akbar, through which Abdullah Khan recognized Akbar's right to rule in the territory of Kabul.
During the reign of Abdullah Khan, Bukhara was also diplomatically hostile to the Khan of Yarkent, Abdul Karim Khan.[1][2]
- ^ a b Burton, Audrey (1997). The Bukharans: A Dynastic, Diplomatic, and Commercial History, 1550–1702. Richmond, England: Curzon Press. ISBN 9780700704170.
- ^ Burton 1997, p. 46.