List of converts to Islam from paganism explained

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]

See also

• List of Sahaba

Notes and References

1. The preaching of Islam: a history of the propagation of the Muslim faith By Sir Thomas Walker Arnold, pg. 197
2. Devin De Weese, Devin A, (DeWeese. "Islamization and Native Religion in the Golden Horde", Penn State Press, 1 September 1994, pg.3
3. Vásáry, p.71
4. Asian Mythologies, By Yves Bonnefoy, Wendy Doniger, Gerald Honigsblum, pg. 337
5. Medieval Russia, 980-1584: 980-1584, By Janet Martin, by 171
6. http://www.davidmyatt.info/convert2.html David Myatt: From Neo-Nazi to Muslim
7. The fire, the star and the cross minority religions in medieval and early modern Iran, by Aptin Khanbaghi, pg. 69-70
8. The Biographical Dictionary of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful, pg. 226
9. Learning to Love Africa, By Monique Maddy, pg. 156
10. Wars of imperial conquest in Africa, 1830-1914, By Bruce Vandervort, pg. 128
11. Society and Culture in the Early Modern Middle East By Andrew J. Newman, University of Edinburgh, pg. 30