List of converts to Islam from paganism

This is a List of converts to Islam from paganism.

Baraq – ruler of the Chagatai Khanate who took the name Ghiyas-ud-din after converting.^[1]
Berke – grandson of Genghis Khan and leader of the Golden Horde who was the first Mongol ruler to establish Islam in a Mongol state.^[2]
Nogai Khan – Mongol general and great-grandson of Genghis Khan.^[3]
Sultan Satuq Bughra Khan – 9th century Uyghur ruler who was one of the first Turks to convert to Islam.^[4]
Tuda Mengu – Mongol leader of the Golden Horde^[5]
David Myatt – from paganism, former Neo-Nazi-activist^[6]
Nawrūz (Mongol emir) – convert to Islam;^[7] he played an important role in the politics of the Mongol Ilkhanate.
Negudar – Mongol general and noyan^[8]
Samori Ture – founder of the Wassoulou Empire who resisted French rule in West Africa.^[9]^[10]
Tughlugh Timur – Khan of Moghulistan.^[11]

References

^ The preaching of Islam: a history of the propagation of the Muslim faith By Sir Thomas Walker Arnold, pg. 197
^ Devin De Weese, Devin A, ( DeWeese. "Islamization and Native Religion in the Golden Horde", Penn State Press, 1 September 1994, ISBN 0-271-01073-8 pg.3
^ Vásáry, p.71
^ Asian Mythologies, By Yves Bonnefoy, Wendy Doniger, Gerald Honigsblum, pg. 337
^ Medieval Russia, 980-1584: 980-1584, By Janet Martin, by 171
^ David Myatt: From Neo-Nazi to Muslim Archived August 25, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
^ The fire, the star and the cross minority religions in medieval and early modern Iran, by Aptin Khanbaghi, pg. 69-70
^ The Biographical Dictionary of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful, pg. 226
^ Learning to Love Africa, By Monique Maddy, pg. 156
^ Wars of imperial conquest in Africa, 1830-1914, By Bruce Vandervort, pg. 128
^ Society and Culture in the Early Modern Middle East By Andrew J. Newman, University of Edinburgh, pg. 30

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