Ubaidullah (Bukhara)
Ubaidullah b. Mahmud (* 1476 , † 1539 ), son of Mahmud and nephew of Mohammed Shelbani was governor of Bukhara , and in 1533 -1539 as Uzbek Overlord an important Usbekenkhan .
Life
When the cities and lands were divided among the family members, Bukhara fell to him, which he had to defend against the Timurids Babur and the Safavids in 1511/12 . Ubaidullah and Jani Beg, the commander in chief of the army, proved to be very active. Babur's defeat at Gajdiwan then finally secured the Uzbeks possession of the land between Amu Darya and Syr-Darya in 1512 .
Ubaidullah was not only a military man and politician, but also an amateur scholar, poet, and builder. The construction of the Kalon Mosque (1514, next to the Kalon Minaret from the 12th century on the site of an old palace mosque) and the construction of the Mir-Arab-Madrasa (1535/36) in Bukhara fall during his time . The madrasa was funded by Ubaidullah selling three thousand captured Shiites into slavery.
But not succeeded Ubaidullah, Shah Tahmasp (ruled 1524-76.) Defeat: his five offensives in Khorasan were ultimately unsuccessful. In September 1528 he suffered the defeat of Turbet-i-Sheikh Jam because the Iranians had built up an artillery. In addition, unlike him, his commanders were not interested in a permanent occupation of Khorasan. Sacking the land was enough for them. Likewise, the Uzbek ruler Abu Sa'id (ruled 1530–33 in Samarqand ) had no interest in strengthening Ubaidullah's household power and refused to help him.
Most recently, Ubaidullah Khan - meanwhile himself ruler - moved in 1538 against the independent Khoresmia , later Khiva Khanate , and killed the local Khan Avanish , but was thrown out again by his son Din Muhammed (ruled 1539–53 as partial ruler). Shortly after this defeat, he died and was buried in the Mir Arab Madrasa. Power struggles broke out among the Uzbeks and lasted until 1556. His son Abd ul-Aziz (1539–49) followed him in Bukhara .
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| SURNAME | Ubaidullah |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ubaidullah b. Mahmud |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Governor of Bukhara, Uzbekistan |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1476 |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1539 |