Abdullah Khan II

Abdullah Khan II
Khan-i Buzurg (The Great Khan)
Abdullah Khan Uzbek II slicing melons. Created in Bukhara, c. 1590
Khan of the Bukhara Khanate
Reign1583–1598
Coronation1583
PredecessorIskander bin Jani Beg
SuccessorAbdul-Mo'min bin Abdullah Khan
Born1533 (1533)
Died1598 (aged 64–65)
Names
Abdullah Khan bin Iskandar
Uzbekعبد اللہ خان بن اسکندر
HouseBorjigin
DynastyShaybanids
ReligionSunni Islam

Abdullah Khan (Chagatai and Persian: عبدالله خان; 1533/4–1598), known as "Khan-i Buzurg" (خان بزرگ) "The Great 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.

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.