[1][2] Abdullah Khan was born in 1533 or 1534 in Afarinkent, located on an island between the two arms of the Zarafshan River.

[4] Shaybanid Abdullah Sultan, who was then governor of Kermine, led the resistance against Newroz Ahmed Khan.

Abdullah set out to combine all four of the Shaybanids: Bukhara, Samarkand, Tashkent and Balkh in one single state.

In the same 1583, after the death of his father, Abdullah Khan was declared ruler of the Uzbeks[9] and his state was called the Bukhara khanate.

At a time when the formal head of the dynasty was still Iskandar Khan (1560-1583), the minting silver coins remained decentralized.

However, coins with the name of Iskandar were issued in Bukhara, Samarkand, Balkh, Tashkent, Andijan and Ahsi Yasse (Turkestan).

For everyday urban trade of consumer goods, Abdullah Khan minted copper coins.

This reform was part of Abdullah Khan II's aim of creating favourable conditions for all types of trade within and to areas outside his state's borders.

In a letter dated 1577 Akbar informed Abdullah Khan Uzbek about his intention to expel the Portuguese from India.

Abdullah Khan's army consisted of detachments of soldiers from various Uzbek tribes including the: Shirins, Utarchs, Bishyuzs, Jalairs, Keralas, Katagans, Tan-Yaruks, Alchins, Hitays, Bahrin, Naimans, Manghud, Kushchis, Arguns, Mings, Karluks, Kungrats, and Tubais (tuvas).

He cared about strengthening Bukhara's trade ties abroad (especially with Russia and India) and paid great attention to the construction of public buildings and structures - madrassahs and khanqahs, shopping malls and caravanserais, reservoirs and bridges.

Among the poets was Abd al-Rahman Mushfiqi, author of laudatory odes, lyric poems and epigrams.

Court historian Hafiz Tanish provided a rich chronicle of facts about Abdullah's rule.

[13] According to the observations of Russian academic V V Bartold "historical literature produced by the Uzbeks was even higher in quality and quantity than in the previous century."

After the death of Abdullah, the throne passed to his only son Abd al-Mumin, but he was soon killed by the rebels.