Lot 255

Shaybanids, Muhammad Shaybani Khan (Great Grandson of Genghis Khan) (AH 905-916, 1500-1510 AD), Silver Shahrukhi, 5.06 gms, 26.44 mm, Obverse. name and title, mint in a central cartouche, Reverse. kalima in the circle and 4 orthodox Caliph with their title around in margin, Muhammad Shaybani also known as Abul-Fath Shaybani Khan or Shayabak Khan or Shahi Beg Khan, originally named "Shibägh", which means "Wormwood" or "obsidian"), 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 (or Shayban), the fifth son of Jochi, Genghis Khan's eldest son. He was the son of Shah-Budag, thus a grandson of the Uzbek conqueror Abu'l-Khayr Khan, very fine, rare.