Muhammad Shaybani
The founder of Shaybanid Dynasty, Khanate of Bukhara
- Lived
- 1451–1510
Updated September 2026
About Muhammad Shaybani
Muhammad Shaybani Khan was an Uzbek leader who consolidated various Uzbek tribes and laid the foundations for their ascendance in Transoxiana and the establishment of the Khanate of Bukhara. He was a Shaybanid or descendant of Shiban. He was the son of Shah-Budag, thus a grandson of the Uzbek conqueror Abu'l-Khayr Khan.
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