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 - 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.