Abd Allah II ibn Iskandar was the most powerful of the Shaybanid rulers, spending much of his reign methodically consolidating control over Transoxiana and Khorasan. Mashhad and Herat — both struck on this type — were taken from the Safavids during his aggressive eastern campaigns of the 1580s, and their mints reopened under Shaybanid authority almost immediately after conquest. The dual-mint attribution on a single type reflects how quickly Abd Allah moved to assert fiscal control over captured cities.
He died in 1598 without a viable successor, and the dynasty effectively collapsed within a year of his death.
Abd Allah II ibn Iskandar was the most powerful of the Shaybanid rulers, spending much of his reign methodically consolidating control over Transoxiana and Khorasan. Mashhad and Herat — both struck on this type — were taken from the Safavids during his aggressive eastern campaigns of the 1580s, and their mints reopened under Shaybanid authority almost immediately after conquest. The dual-mint attribution on a single type reflects how quickly Abd Allah moved to assert fiscal control over captured cities.
He died in 1598 without a viable successor, and the dynasty effectively collapsed within a year of his death.