List of converts to Islam from paganism
This is a List of converts to Islam from paganism.
- Baraq – chagathai Turks
- Berke – grandson of Genghis Khan and leader of the Golden Horde who was the first Mongol ruler to establish Islam in a Mongol state.[1]
- Nogai Khan – Mongol general and great-grandson of Genghis Khan.[2]
- Sultan Satuq Bughra Khan – 9th century karluk turkic ruler modern Uzbeks ruler who was one of the first Turks to convert to Islam.[3]
- Tuda Mengu – Mongol leader of the Golden Horde[4]
- David Myatt – from paganism, former Neo-Nazi-activist[5]
- Nawrūz (Mongol emir) – convert to Islam;[6] he played an important role in the politics of the Mongol Ilkhanate.
- Negudar – Mongol general and noyan[7]
- Samori Ture – founder of the Wassoulou Empire who resisted French rule in West Africa.[8][9]
- Tughlugh Timur – Khan of Moghulistan.[10]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ 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