When Ghabdellatif's father died in 1479, his mother married Meñli I Giray and relocated to the Crimean Khanate.

Around 1490 Meñli I Giray sent Ghabdellatif to Muscovy for service, where he received the town of Zvenigorod, while his brother Moxammat Amin ruled Kashira.

Ghabdellatif grew up in the Crimean Khanate, which had closer ties with the Ottoman Empire than with Muscovy.

As he became older, he started to conduct more independent politics, which was unacceptable to the faction which selected him for the throne.

Ghabdellatif was ousted, taken from Kazan under guard to Moscow and then exiled to Beloozero (now Belozersk, Russia).