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.
 * Berke – grandson of Genghis Khan and leader of the Golden Horde who was the first Mongol ruler to establish Islam in a Mongol state.
 * Nogai Khan – Mongol general and great-grandson of Genghis Khan.
 * Sultan Satuq Bughra Khan – 9th century Uyghur ruler who was one of the first Turks to convert to Islam.
 * Tuda Mengu – Mongol leader of the Golden Horde
 * David Myatt – from paganism, former Neo-Nazi-activist
 * Nawrūz (Mongol emir) – convert to Islam; he played an important role in the politics of the Mongol Ilkhanate.
 * Negudar – Mongol general and noyan
 * Samori Ture – founder of the Wassoulou Empire who resisted French rule in West Africa.
 * Tughlugh Timur – Khan of Moghulistan.