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]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ 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